Each week spotlights a contemporary Greek poet, including voices from the Greek diaspora. The poets themselves curate and perform their own work for radio, with each piece set to music by acclaimed composers.
The week of 16 June through 22 June 2025 is dedicated to the poet Sofia Dionysopoulou.
Musical curation: Maria Reboutsika
Sound editing: Eleftheria Papoutsaki
Broadcast schedule: Monday to Friday at 07:00 and 19:00 (Athens time)
Weekends at 19:00 (Athens time)
Sofia Dionysopoulou was born in Cairo in 1966. She studied comparative literature at the Sorbonne, as well as classical singing and photography. She works as a literary translator from French, Turkish, and English, and also as a theatre director.
Her published works include:
– Me tis evlogíes ton nekron (short stories, Agra 1997)
– I kori tou xenodochou, Agra 2012 (novel)
– The poetic plays Nychtodia (Agra 2000), Neropompi (Nefeli 2001), Iphigéneia tis Evripídou (Nefeli 2010), Mideia: miden sto kokkino (Sestina 2019)
– The poetic compositions Se onomazo Chyourrem (To Rodakio 2019), Thyrída 1821 (To Rodakio 2020), Narkissos Antinarkissos (To Rodakio 2023)
– The poetic prose Psyches stin erimia tou (To Rodakio 2016)
– In collaboration with Marina Mentzou, the poetic fairytales Sto fos kai sto lykofos (To Rodakio 2021) and the poetry collection Ta mikrutsika (Govostis 2025)
Nychtodia received the First Prize for a Debut Playwright from the Ministry of Culture.
Her works Neropompi, Mídeia: miden sto kokkino, and Iphigeneia tis Evripídou have been published in French by Les Nouvelles éditions Place.
She is a member of the Hellenic Authors’ Society and the Reading Society of Corfu.
