Voice of Greece, ERT’s international radio for Greek speakers worldwide, continues its poetic tribute series, “Poet of the Week.” Each week showcases a contemporary Greek poet or a poet of the diaspora, with the poets themselves curating their radio readings. Their verses, paired with music from beloved composers, bring poetry to life for listeners around the world. Seven poems each week—one Greek poem a day—journey through the frequencies of Voice of Greece, reaching every corner of the world where Greek voices resonate.
The week of March 24, 2025, to March 30, 2025, is dedicated to poet Anna Griva.
Anna Griva studied Philology in Athens and Rome. She holds a PhD from the Department of Italian Language and Literature (NKUA), specializing in Renaissance poetry, and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philology (University of the Peloponnese).
She has published six poetry collections. Her poetry book The Lost Goddess (Melani, 2023) received the State Prize for Poetry, while her collection Daimonioi (Melani, 2020) was honored with the “G. Athanas” Award of the Academy of Athens She has also published a short story collection (The Animals Gods, Kichli, 2021) and two historical novels (The Greek Slave, Melani, 2022, Exiled Queens, Melani, 2021). Her works have been translated into multiple languages.
Her translation of Laura Battiferra’s poems was awarded in 2020 by the Italian Institute of Athens as part of the Literary Translation Awards. Additionally, her prose work The Sicilian Witch won the 1st Prize of the UNESCO Club for Arts, Literature & Sciences of Greece (2024).
She has co-authored a study (with Markos Dendrinos) on Platonic Parmenides (Ontology of the One in the Platonic Theory of Ideas, Zitros, 2021) and written a monograph on Sapphic poetry (Aphrodites, Smili, 2022) She teaches Italian Literature and Creative Writing at the Hellenic Open University and NKUA.
Personal website: https://www.epistemeacademy.org/annagriva/
Music curation: Maria Reboutsika
Sound editing: Eleftheria Papoutsaki