The Poet of the Week 15-21 April 2024 is Yolanda Sakellariou.
Yolanda Sakellariou was born and lives in Athens. She studied French, Greek literature and language at the Kapodistrian University in Athens, Speech, Voice, Speech and Communication Disorders in Paris and is a speech therapist with a degree from Democritus University of Thrace. She publishes poetry, short stories and has published three poetry collections. “Sometimes a sad wolf”, Gavrielidis Publications, Athens 2009, “Invisible Rodent”, Gavrielidis Publications, Athens 2013 and “Yasmin Ahmed and Izar their little son”, Mikri Arktos Publications, Athens 2022. Her poems have also been published in print and electronic literary magazines in Greece and abroad, and have been included in poetry anthologies.
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.
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)