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 17-23.06.2024 is Yiannis Efthymiadis.
Yiannis Efthymiadis was born in Piraeus, Greece in 1969. He studied classical philology (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1991) and undertook postgraduate studies in ancient Greek drama. He has published nine books of poetry: Στίγμα (Stigma), privately published 2004, Καινός διαιρέτης (New Divisor), Nefeli 2007, Γράμματα στον Πρίγκιπα (Letters to the Prince), Mikrι Arκtos 2010, 27 ή ο άνθρωπος που πέφτει (27 or the Falling Man), Mikri Arktos 2012, Πάνω στο σώμα σου (On your Body), Mikri Arktos 2014, Πατρείδα (Motherland), Ikaros 2018, Αλκίνοος (Alkinoos), Nefeli 2021, Το οικείο σκοτάδι (The familiar darkness), Nefeli, 2022, Homo erectus, Nefeli 2024), two theatrical plays (Αχιλλέας στον Άδη, Νεφέλη 2022 και Οιδικάστη, Νεφέλη 2023 and the literary essay 12 κείμενα συνομιλίας με Το Μονόγραμμα του Οδυσσέα Ελύτη (12 texts of conversation with The Monogram of Odysseus Elytis), Kalligrafos 2014. He has also translated British and American poets, while his poems have been included in Greek and foreign anthologies and translated into English, French and German.