The’ Poet of the Week‘ 22-28 April 2024 on Voice of Greece is Vasilis Kimoulis.
Vassilis Kimoulis was born in Athens. She studied Ancient Greek Philology and Linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has been active in publishing since 1990, as a Communication consultant, translator, editor (from 1997 to 2011, at Okeanida Publishing House). He collaborated with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture at the Thessaloniki International Book Fair (as Head of Publicity, Promotion and Communication at the 15th TIBF, and as Cultural Program Organizer at the 16th and 17th TIBF), as well as responsible for communication and promotion of the Greek participation in the 70th and 71st Frankfurt International Book Fair. Also, with the Chania Book Festival from 2022 et seq. as head of Communication and Press Office. Since 2023 he has been collaborating with the Directorate of Literature of the Ministry of Culture as a Communication Manager of the Greek participation in international book fairs. In addition to the poetry collection “View Master” (Ed. Shakespearean has also written the books “Gagnant” (Ed. Logotypo) and “Real Dream” (Ed. Eora). His translations from English include, among others, books by Christos Tsiolkas (“The Slap”) and Haruki Murakami (“First Person Singular”, “Killing Commendatore”, “South of the Border, West of the Sun”, etc.)
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)
