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DIMITRIS ALLOS
VASSILIS AMANATIDIS
ORFEAS APERGIS
PHOEBE GIANNISI
KATERINA ILIOPOULOU
PANAYOTIS IOANNIDIS
PATRITSIA KOLAITI
DIMITRA KOTOULA
DIMITRIS LEONTZAKOS
IANA BOUKOVA
IORDANIS PAPADOPOULOS
DIMITRIS PETROU
STAMATIS POLENAKIS
LENIA SAFIROPOULOU
KIRIAKOS SIFILTZOGLOU
YIANNIS STIGAS
MARIA TOPALI
GIORGOS HANTZIS

THEODOROS CHIOTIS

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Phoebe Giannisi participated in the International poetry festival in Sofia 28-30/08/2011

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Katerina Iliopoulou participated in the international poetry festival in Struga-FYROM
Struga Poetry evenings 2011

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The poetry book of Orpheus Apergis, “Y”, was published by Patakis editions.


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Yiannis Stigas participated in the Poetry festival of the Mediterranean, in Lodeve -France 15-22/07/2011

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"The Duino Elegies” of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated and with an introduction by Maria Topali was published by Patakis ed. 05/2011

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The new poetry book of Katerina Iliopoulou, titled The book of Soil, was published by Melani editions, 05/2011
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Poetry Now group organized and presented the poetry performance Prostibulo Poetico in Athens, in cooperation with the prostibulo poetico group from Barcelona, in Dasein bar. Participants in this project were: Vassilis Amanatidis, Dimitris Allos, Orpheus Apergis, Katerina Iliopoulou, Dimitra Kationi, Patricia Kolaiti, Iordanis Papadopoulos, Iana Boukova. 11-12/03/2011


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Bella Boom, the poetry book of Giorgos Chantzis was published by publibook, 01/2011


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Vassilis Amanatidis participated in the international poetry festival in Sofia 08/2010


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Katerina Iliopoulou participated in the Poetry festival of the Mediterranean, in Lodeve -France 17-25/07/2010


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E. E. CUMMINGS, [μόνο με την άνοιξη] 44 poems, was published by Nefeli editions, translation and introduction by Vassilis Amanatidis 05/2010


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Yiannis Stigas and Dimitra Kotoula participated in Berlin poetry festival 4-12/06/2010 HYPERLINK "http://www.greekpoetrynow.com/www.literaturwerkstatt.org/index.php?id=811&L=1" \n _blank www.literaturwerkstatt.org


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Poems of Phoebe Giannisi and katerina Iliopoulou were published in the american poetry journal HYPERLINK "http://www.newamericanwriting.com/"New American Writing 2010 issue
The new poetry book of Maria Topali, Vermion descent was published by Patakis editions 06/2010


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The poetry collection, Chinese of Dimitris Leontzakos was published by Nefeli editions, 04/2010


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Vassilis Amanatidis, Katerina Iliopoulou and Giorgos Chantzis participated in the international writers' program, Word Express, a new project of literature exchange in South Eastern Europe, organized by Literature Across Frontiers, in 12 countries of the area. 10-11/2009

 

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THE GREEK POETS, HOMER TO THE PRESENT, edited by Peter Constantine, Rachel Hadas, Edmund Keely & Karen Van Dyck,
W.W. Norton & company, Inc.
www.wwnorton.com
Three thousand years of the greatest Greek poetry, exquisitely translated and assembled in a handsome volume sure to be a modern classic.
This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry—more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets. From the epics of Homeric Greece to the historical and erotic ironies of Cavafy, from the romances, hymns, and bawdy rhymes of Byzantium to the innovative voices of a resurgent twentieth century, this anthology brings together the diverse strands of the Greek poetic tradition. The favorites are all here—raging Achilles, restless Odysseus, strong-hearted Penelope—but The Greek Poets also presents neglected eras, from the rise of Constantinople to the end of the Ottoman occupation. In offering canonical poets such as Sappho and Pindar, and the modern Nobel laureates Seferis and Elytis, the renowned editors give us their new translations and bring together other masterful translators, including Robert Fagles, James Merrill, and W. S. Merwin, along with a younger generation that includes Anne Carson, Paul Muldoon, and Alicia Stallings. This is an essential companion to the Western literary tradition. 

 

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Dimitris Leontzakos’  poetry appears in the 11th issue of Absinth literary journal.
 
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July 2009. Yiannis Stigas new poetry book, “Isopalo Travma”, is published by Kedros ed.
 
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December 2009. “Homerika”, the new poetry book of Phoebe Giannisi is published by Kedros ed.
 

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 The poets Vassilis Amanatidis, Phoebe Giannisi, Katerina Iliopoulou, Dimitra Kationi, Dimitris Leontzakos and Yiannis Stigas recited their poetry and staged performances as participants in the project “Making Words” at the Biennale of Thessaloniki 2009 in collaboration with ArtBox. This project was first presented in the Venice Biennale 2009 curated by Daniel Birnbaum under the title “Making Worlds”. Poet Daphne Nikita from Cyprus and the Russian poets, Gennady Kanevskiy, Kirill Kovaldzhi, Alexey Korolev, Vadim Mesyats, Eugeny Nikitin, Andrey Tavrov were also participating in the Thessaloniki event, which took place at the 18th and 19th of September. More info here.

Reciting in public, the proximity with visual arts, the possibility of performance, the open dialogue between poets are the vital issues of this meeting.

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The poets Phoebe Giannisi and Katerina Iliopoulou, among others, were invited to participate in the 6th Paros Symposium of poetry held at the House of Literature, a residence for writers in the mountain village of Lefkes, on Paros island, between 2-8 August 2009. The symposium is a week long intensive workshop of translation between American and Greek poets. . It also includes daily readings and discussions. The House of Literature is maintained, and all residencies and events that occur in it, are sponsored by the European Center for the Translation of Literature and the Human Sciences (EKEMEL)

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Absinthe: New European Writing
is a print journal featuring the best contemporary European writers.
The journal includes poetry, prose, essays, interviews, book reviews, art, and author photos.
 
Issue 11 features Liliana Ursu, Roland Jaccard, Peters Bruveris, Aldona Gustas, Susanne Jorn,
Ulf Peter Hallberg, Mariana Dan, Dimitris Leontzakos, Ersi Sotiropouloss ,
Serge Pey, Hella S. Haasse, Leo Pleysier, Boris Pintar, Jürgen Becker,
and Dy Plambeck, with a portfolio by artists Roger Herman and Hubert Schmalix,
communiqués from Copenhagen and Rome by Thomas E. Kennedy and Stefania Rega, and book reviews by John Taylor.

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21st of June the longest day of the year, a poetry party was held in Dasein café, by the Poetry Now group celebrating the three years of their activities. The poets were invited to read and perform poems of their selection. Giorgos Hantzis red Auden, Katerina Iliopoulou red Inger Kristensen, Doukas Kapantais red Nanos Valaoritis, Iana Boukova red Borges and still more others who red their own poetry or poems they love. All the doors open, people passing by, looking and stopping to hear, heat and darkness in the center of Athens.

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Et in Arkadia ego. Ten poets were invited to participate in the outdoors project of the Filopappou group, which took part in the Athens Biennial 2009. A net of interactive performances (curated by Antonis Volanakis) having to do with writing and language was set up by the poets in a one day residency at the installation on June 26th 2009. The poets participating were Phoebe Giannisi, Katerina Iliopoulou, Yiannis Stigas, Giorgos Hantzis, Thanos Stathopoulos, Yiouli Volanaki, Patricia Kolaiti, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Iordanis Papadopoulos, Iana Boukova, Doukas Kapantais, Theoni Kotini.

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Faliron Bay Athens.
Α multimedia study of the southern shore of the city of Athens.
The poets Katerina Iliopoulou, Giorgos HANTZIS and Doukas Kapantais participated in the project of Urban Void group which took part in Athens Biennial 2009.

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9th of June 2009. Vassilis Amanatidis was invited to participate in the project "Making Words" in the Venice Biennale having the general title Making Worlds, curated by Daniel Birnbaum. This project aspires to bring together poetry and the visual arts. [http://www.poetsmachine.org/]