Dimitris P. Kraniotis

Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greek: Δημήτρης Π Κρανιώτης; born 1966) is a contemporary Greek poet.

Biography

D. P. Kraniotis (b. 15 July 1966) [1][2] was born in Larissa prefecture in central Greece and grew up in Stomio (Larissa). 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 10 poetry books in 7 languages (Greek, English, French, Romanian, Albanian, Italian, Spanish) 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 36 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, Kurdish, Vietnamese, Gujarati, Kazakh, Tamil, Danish, Swahili, Hebrew, Uzbek, Hungarian, Estonian, Ukrainian, Korean and Hindi) and published in many countries around the World.

In 2011 the 22nd World Congress of Poets took place in Larissa, Greece.[23] with D. P. 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, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, World Poetry Movement, Poets of the Planet, World Poets Society, United Poets Laureate International, Poetas del Mundo, etc.). Also, he is Chairman of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Greece and 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 decency") Kedros, Athens, Greece 2018 ISBN 978-960-04-4896-2 [46][47][48][49][50] Greek
  • Menos uno ("Minus one") Padilla Libros, Seville, Spain 2022 ISBN 978-84-8434-743-9 [51] Spanish translation

References

  1. ^ Poets.gr
  2. ^ National Book Centre of Greece
  3. ^ Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
  4. ^ VIAF
  5. ^ WorldCat Identities
  6. ^ International Poetry Festival Orpheus, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ Struga Poetry Evenings, North Macedonia[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ The world's changing faces, Poetry Now, UK, 2005, ISBN 1-84602-032-8, National Library of Australia
  9. ^ Whispers in the wind, Poetry Now, UK, 2005, ISBN 1-84602-031-X, National Library of Australia
  10. ^ Free-falling - a collection of free verse from Poetry Now, Poetry Now, UK, 2006, ISBN 1-84602-033-6, National Library of Australia
  11. ^ Harvests of New Millennium, Cyberwit.net, India, 2005, ISBN 81-8253-050-4
  12. ^ Odyssey.pm (Mediterranean Poetry)
  13. ^ "Arabesques Review, Algeria". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  14. ^ "The Cannon’s Mouth" magazine, UK, 2006
  15. ^ Le Manoir des poètes, France
  16. ^ GrèceHebdo
  17. ^ "Miesiecznik Społecznosci Akademickiej" magazine, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
  18. ^ Česká televize, Czech Republic
  19. ^ Elogio de la palabra, I.E.S. Albero, Seville, Spain, 2008, ISBN 978-84-608-0738-4
  20. ^ "Sur. Revista de Literatura" magazine, Málaga, Spain
  21. ^ "Söyleşi Üç Aylık Şiir Dergisi" magazine, Turkey
  22. ^ International Poetry Festival Orpheus, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[permanent dead link‍]
  23. ^ United Poets Laureate International
  24. ^ "Poetics @ GR" (Τετράδιο Ποίησης)
  25. ^ National Library of Greece
  26. ^ Library of the Greek Parliament, Athens
  27. ^ Central Library, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  28. ^ Society for Macedonian Studies Library, Thessaloniki
  29. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  30. ^ National Library of Greece
  31. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  32. ^ National Library of Greece
  33. ^ Library of the Greek Parliament, Athens
  34. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  35. ^ National Library of Greece
  36. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  37. ^ National Library of Greece
  38. ^ Library of the Greek Parliament, Athens
  39. ^ Central Library, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  40. ^ Society for Macedonian Studies Library, Thessaloniki
  41. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  42. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  43. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  44. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  45. ^ "Pluriversum Edizioni, Italy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  46. ^ Kedros Publishers, Athens
  47. ^ BiblioNet (Greek books in print)
  48. ^ WorldCat
  49. ^ Columbia University Library, New York, USA
  50. ^ Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
  51. ^ Padilla Libros, Seville