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Poet Of The Week

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.

Poet of the Week 02/04/2019
Kostas Kremmydas was born in Kolonos, in August 1955. He studied Political Science and Public Administration at Panteion University, Pedagogy at the teacher training institute SELETE, Law in Athens and Social History at the Sorbonne, where he presented his Master's thesis: Trade union movement...
Poet of the Week 12/22/2019
Nikos Souvatzis was born in Berlin in 1977. He is a graduate of the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athens. He has worked as an editor in print and online media. He writes prose and poetry. His poems have been translated into Spanish, French, and English. He...
Poet of the Week 11/18/2019
Panos Kyparissis was born in Oxya, Ioannina. He studied Mathematics and Literature at the University of Athens and Theater at the Drama School of the Theatro Technis (Greek Art Theater) "Karolos Koun".  He is an actor and director in theater, television, and film. He worked as a teacher of Literature ...
Poet of the Week 06/17/2019
Katerina Iliopoulou has been publishing poems and texts on poetry since 2001. She has published four books of poetry with Melani Publications, most recently "Mia Fora Kathe Topio kai Olotela" (2015), as well as a collection of short stories "Den Einai Akoma", Melani 2019, a book of poetry and...
Poet of the Week 10/26/2020
Ioannis Panoutsopoulos was born in the city defended by Aeschylus, and took his first steps in Isminis Street, near Antigonis Street, in Kolonos. He started writing at quite an early age because he wouldn’t have it any other way and started publishing in 2010, since he couldn't put it off any l...
Poet of the Week 02/24/2019
Pavlina Pampoudi, founding member of the Hellenic Authors’ Society (of which she was Secretary General for 5 years) and the Poets' Circle (with a two-year term on the Board of Directors), was born in Athens. She studied History and Archaeology in Athens and painting in London. She has published 1...
Poet of the Week 10/11/2020
Petros Stefaneas studied Mathematics, Logic and Computer Science at the Universities of Athens and Oxford, as well as the National Technical University of Athens. His research interests include Logic and formal methods in Computer Science, as well as the philosophy of Computer Science. He is an...
Poet of the Week 10/12/2020
Thomas Tsalapatis was born in Athens in 1984. He studied at the Department of Theater Studies at the Athens School of Philosophy. In 2011 he published his first poetry collection, "To Ximeroma Einai Sfagi Kyrie Krak” (publ. Ekati) which was awarded the Greek State Prize for Emerging Writer (2012). I...
Poet of the Week 12/16/2018
Manolis Pratikakis is one of the most notable contemporary poets. He has published many poetry collections, art critiques, short stories and articles. Poems of his have been translated into several languages. In 1999 he was nominated for the European Aristeion Prize for Literature. His poems...
Poet of the Week 11/11/2019
Charis Vlavianos was born in Rome in 1957. He studied philosophy at the University of Bristol and political theory at the University of Oxford. He has published twelve collections of poetry, the most recent being: “Aftoprosopografia tou Lefkou” (2018) [Athens Academy Award of the Petros Charis Fou...
Poet of the Week 12/09/2019
Thanasis Chatzopoulos is a poet and translator, child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He has written sixteen books of poetry from 1986 to 2016: Idiois somasi, To Afoto, Apo katavolis drosou, O ex aimatos nekros (French and Italian translations) Ston ilio moira, Rimata gia to rodo (Spanish translation,...
Poet of the Week 07/06/2020
Ilias Fragkakis was born in Athens. He studied sociology, political science, music and directing in Greece and abroad. He has mainly directed theater productions (at the Greek National Theater, some Municipal and Regional Theaters and independent theaters), but also documentaries, short films...
Poet of the Week 02/03/2019
Spyros Katsimis was born in Corfu in 1933. He studied law at the University of Athens and worked as a journalist for Athenian newspapers, magazines, and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, ERT. He has published fifteen books of poetry, two short story collections, and a compilation of interviews....
Poet of the Week 09/23/2019
Anastasis Vistonitis was born in Komotini in 1952. Since 1970 he has published twelve books of poetry, six prose books, five volumes of essays and a book of translations of Chinese poet Li He. He has published numerous articles, essays, travel texts and critical reviews. Since 1991, he has been...
Poet of the Week 10/07/2019
Nasos Vagenas is one of the most important representatives of poetry of the Generation of the 1970s, an essayist, critic, translator and academic. He was born in Drama, Greece in 1945. He studied literature at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens (1963-1968), at the Universities...
Ο Ποιητής της Εβδομάδας 14-10-2019
Ο Παναγιώτης Αρβανίτης γεννήθηκε το 1985 στον Πύργο Ηλείας. Σπούδασε ελληνική φιλολογία και πολιτικές επιστήμες στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Είναι υποψήφιος διδάκτωρ στο τμήμα Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών του Ελεύθερου Πανεπιστημίου του Βερολίνου. Ποιήματα και δοκίμιά του έχουν δημοσιευτεί σε ...
Poet of the Week 11/04/2019
Giannis Antiochou is a poet and translator. He was born in Athens in 1969. He grew up and now lives in Piraeus. He holds an MBA and MSc from the School of Medicine of the University of Athens, specializing in Intensive Care Units. He works as a specialist consultant in the field of Hospital accreditation...
Poet of The Week 07/08/2019
Anteia Phrantze was born in Athens in 1945. She studied History and Archaeology at the University of Athens. She completed her postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne University and holds a Ph.D. in Modern Greek Literature (1982). She taught Modern Greek Literature at the Department of Literature...