The Poet of the Week 27 May – 02 June 2024 is Myrto Chmielewski.
Myrto Chmielewski was born in Stockholm in 1975 and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens and at the Nyckelviksskolan School of Art in Stockholm. She has published three volumes of poetry, “Walkwoman” (Koukkida Publications, 2023), “The rear wall, the unofficial” (Enypnio Publications, 2021) and “24+7” (Thraka Publications, 2018). Her poems have been published in anthologies, “Trigger warning” (self-publication in support of Diotima,, 2022) and “Poems of Crisis” (Iolkos Publications, 2020). She has taken part in several art exhibitions (Roi 2023, Burn in 2022, Re.Trace 2024, among others)
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.
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Music supervision by Maria Reboutsika
Sound Editing by Eleftheria Papoutsaki, Giorgos Giannakoulas
Broadcast: Monday to Friday at 07:00 and 19:00 and on the weekend at 19.00 (Athens time)