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, Ilia, in 1956. He studied dentistry. He has published eight poetry collections: “Early Morn” (1988), “Natural History” (1991), “Hidden Image” (1999), “Chronography” (2007), “Without a Map” (2011), “Elementary Bodies” (2015), “Converging Winds” (2018), “Journey in Shade” (2021), and prose titled “More Veneto” (2013). He has written and published essays in both magazines and newspapers. He was honored with the poetry prize of the magazine “Diavazo” in 2008 for his poetry collection “Chronography” and in 2017 with the Kostas and Eleni Ourani prize of the Academy of Athens for his entire work. His poems have been translated and published in magazines and anthologies in various countries.
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Music supervision by Maria Reboutsika
Sound Editing by Eleftheria Papoutsaki
Broadcast: Monday to Friday at 07:00 and 22:00 and on the weekend at 22:00 (Athens time)
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