The Poet of the Week 22-28 July 2024 on Voice of Greece radio is Athena Papadaki.
Athena Papadaki was born in Athens in 1945. She is the daughter of historian Takis Lappas and the daughter-in-law of poet Sophia Mavroeidi-Papadaki. She studied Political Science and worked as a journalist. She produced the radio show “Our Fairy Tales,” where children created the stories.
Athena is a member of the Society of Authors and the Journalists’ Union of Athens. Her travels across Asia, Europe, America, and Africa enriched her with experiences that profoundly influenced her as a person and an artist. Athena has participated in major poetry festivals worldwide, including in Cuba, Colombia, France, England, Turkey, and Denmark. She has published fourteen poetry collections, two comprehensive anthologies, one prose poetry collection, and one
collection of poetic-style narratives with a unique genre interest, as well as seven books for children. Editing by: Sophia Mavroeidi-Papadaki. Robust and lyrical, Hermes 1998. Her work includes numerous articles, essays, and book reviews.
Her poetry collections and poems have been translated into multiple languages, including English, French, Romanian, Turkish, Albanian, Spanish, Italian, Polish, and several Indian languages. In 2010, the Academy of Athens awarded her book “Με λύχνο και λύκους”.
Voice of Greece radio is once again including in its program the two-minute poetry tributes titled “Poet of the week”, with the aim of disseminating, supporting, and promoting the Greek language and culture.
Each weekly episode is a tribute to a contemporary poet from Greece or the Greek Diaspora.
The poets recite their poems themselves, against original music, composed and played in the studio of the Hellenic Radio by the musicians of the ERT Orchestra, as well as musical pieces by well-loved composers.
Seven poems every week, one Greek poem every day travels through the frequencies of “Voice of Greece” to the ends of the earth, where there are Greek voices.
Music supervision by Maria Reboutsika
Sound Editing by Eleftheria Papoutsaki
Broadcast: Monday to Friday at 07:00 and 19:00 and on the weekend at 19.00 (Athens time)