Yannis Stiggas was born in Athens in 1977. In 2004, his first poetry anthology was published under the title “Η Αλητεία του Αίματος” (Gavriilidis publications), followed by ” Η όραση θ’ αρχίσει ξανά (Kedros publications, 2006), ” Ισόπαλο τραύμα (Kedros publications, 2009), “Ο δρόμος μέχρι το περίπτερο” (Mikri Arktos Publications, 2012), “Βλέπω τον κύβο Ρούμπικ φαγωμένο” (Mikri Arktos Publications, 2014), “Εξυπερύ σημαίνει χάνομαι” (Mikri Arktos publications, 2017), “Κωμωδία” (2021, Agra publications), Sonderkommando (2023, Agra publications).
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.
The Poet of the Week 13-19 May is Yannis Stiggas.
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)