Poet of the Week 02- 08.10.2023: Giorgos Gotis

Each weekly episode is a tribute to a contemporary poet from Greece or the Greek Diaspora.
The poets recite their poems themselves, along with an original live music background.

The Poet of the Week 02- 08.10.2023 is Giorgos Gotis.

Giorgos Gotis was born in Andravida, Greece in 1956. He studied Dentistry. He has published eight poetic collections: “ At early dawn” (1988), “Natural History” (1991), ‘’Hidden Image”(1999), “Chronography”(2007), “Without a map”(2011), “Elementary Particles” (2015), “ Converging Winds” (2018), “ Journey to the Shadows” (2021) and also the novel, “More Veneto” (2013), all from Stigmi editions. He regularly writes essays for literary journals.

In 2008, he received the prestigious Poetry Award from the Greek journal “Diavazo” for his collection “Chronography” and in 2017 he was honoured by the Academy of Athens. His poems have been published in journals and anthologies of several countries.

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