Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Biography
Kraniotis (b. 15 July 1966).[1][2] was born in Larissa prefecture in central Greece and grew up in Stomio. He studied at the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki (Greece). He lives and works as internal medicine specialist physician in Larissa (Greece).
He is the author[3][4][5] of 9 poetry books in 6 languages (Greek, English, French, Romanian, Albanian, Italian) and the Editor-in-chief of an international anthology in English (205 poets from 65 countries).
He has participated in several International Poetry Festivals.[6][7] His poetry has been translated into 25 languages (English,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] French,[15][16] Polish,[17] Czech,[18] Spanish,[19][20] Turkish,[21] Bulgarian,[22] Romanian, Italian, Albanian, Arabic, Serbian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, German, Slovak, Macedonian, Persian, Bengali, Vietnamese, Gujarati, etc.) and published in many countries around the World.
In 2011 the 22nd World Congress of Poets took place in Larissa, Greece.[23] with Kraniotis as president. He also founded the 1st Mediterranean Poetry Festival in Larissa. He is member of several literary organizations (National Society of Greek Literary Writers, Hellenic Literary Society, Greek PEN, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, World Poetry Movement, World Poets Society, United Poets Laureate International, Poetas del Mundo, etc.). Also he is the editor of the Greek poetry magazine "Poetics @ GR" (Τετράδιο Ποίησης)[24]
Poetry
- Ίχνη ("Traces") Larissa, Greece 1985[25][26][27][28][29] Greek
- Πήλινα πρόσωπα ("Clay faces") Larissa, Greece 1992[30][31] Greek
- Νοητή γραμμή ("Fictitious line") Emm. Lavdakis, Larissa, Greece 2005 ISBN 960-90107-1-7[32][33][34] Greek - English and French translation
- Dunes-Dune ("Dunes") Orient Occident, Bucharest, Romania 2007 ISBN 978-973-8430-44-0[35][36] French and Romanian translation
- Ενδόγραμμα ("Endogram") Malliaris Paedia, Thessaloniki, Greece 2010 ISBN 978-960-457-417-9[37][38][39][40][41] Greek
- Edda ("Edda") Orient Occident, Bucharest, Romania 2010 ISBN 978-973-8430-77-8[42] French and Romanian translation
- Iluzione ("Illusions") Rawex Coms, Bucharest, Romania 2010, ISBN 978-606-8231-06-8[43] Albanian translation
- World Poetry 2011 (Anthology) United Poets Laureate International, Larissa, Greece 2011 ISBN 978-960-93-3176-0[44] English
- Foglie vocali ("Leaves vowels") Pluriversum Edizioni, Ferrara, Italy 2017 ISBN 978-0-244-95152-8 [45] Italian translation
- Γραβάτα δημοσίας αιδούς ("Tie of public indecency") Kedros, Athens, Greece 2018 ISBN 978-960-04-4896-2 [46][47][48][49][50] Greek
References
- Poets.gr
- National Book Centre of Greece
- Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
- VIAF
- WorldCat Identities
- International Poetry Festival Orpheus, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Struga Poetry Evenings, North Macedonia
- The world's changing faces, Poetry Now, UK, 2005, ISBN 1-84602-032-8, National Library of Australia
- Whispers in the wind, Poetry Now, UK, 2005, ISBN 1-84602-031-X, National Library of Australia
- Free-falling - a collection of free verse from Poetry Now, Poetry Now, UK, 2006, ISBN 1-84602-033-6, National Library of Australia
- Harvests of New Millennium, Cyberwit.net, India, 2005, ISBN 81-8253-050-4
- Odyssey.pm (Mediterranean Poetry)
- "Arabesques Review, Algeria". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- "The Cannon’s Mouth" magazine, UK, 2006
- Le Manoir des poètes, France
- GrèceHebdo
- "Miesiecznik Społecznosci Akademickiej" magazine, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
- Česká televize, Czech Republic
- Elogio de la palabra, I.E.S. Albero, Seville, Spain, 2008, ISBN 978-84-608-0738-4
- "Sur. Revista de Literatura" magazine, Málaga, Spain
- "Söyleşi Üç Aylık Şiir Dergisi" magazine, Turkey
- International Poetry Festival Orpheus, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- United Poets Laureate International
- "Poetics @ GR" (Τετράδιο Ποίησης)
- National Library of Greece
- Library of the Greek Parliament, Athens
- Central Library, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Society for Macedonian Studies Library, Thessaloniki
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- National Library of Greece
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- National Library of Greece
- Library of the Greek Parliament, Athens
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- National Library of Greece
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- National Library of Greece
- Library of the Greek Parliament, Athens
- Central Library, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Society for Macedonian Studies Library, Thessaloniki
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- Pluriversum Edizioni, Italy
- Kedros Publishers, Athens
- BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
- WorldCat
- Columbia University Library, New York, USA
- Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany