Kostas Papageorgiou

Kostas Papageorgiou (Greek: Κώστας Παπαγεωργίου) (born 1945, in Athens) is an acclaimed Greek poet and critic. He read Law and Philology and worked as a lawyer from 1972 to 1978. Since then, he is involved only in literature-related employment.

Kostas Papageorgiou
Born1945
Athens
Occupationpoet, critic,
Nationality Greek
Period1966

Through the years he has contributed to almost all the major Greek literary periodicals. He has published reviews in newspapers, such Eleftherotypia and he used to publish a periodical titled Γράμματα και Τέχνες (Letters and Arts). Since 1982, he has been working for the Greek National Radio as a consultant in literary matters, and producer for cultural broadcastings.

Selected works

Poetry

  • Ποιήματα (Poems), 1966
  • Συλλογή (Collection), 1970
  • Το οικογενειακό δέντρο (The family tree), 1978
  • Το σκοτωμένο αίμα (Dead blood), 1982
  • Ποιήματα (1972-2000) (Poems 1972-2000), 2004

Prose

  • Των Αγίων Πάντων (All Saints), 1992
  • Άννα, τώρα κοιμήσου (Sleep now, Anna), 1995
  • Αντί σιωπής (Instead of silence), 2003

Essays

  • Η γενιά του '70 (Ιστορία, ποιητικές διαδρομές) (The Generation of the 1970s. History, poetic pathways), 1989
  • Τα άδεια γήπεδα (The empty pitches), 1994
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