Takis Varvitsiotis

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Takis Varvitsiotis ( Greek Τάκης Βαρβιτσιώτης , * 1916 in Thessaloniki ; † February 1, 2011 ibid) was a Greek writer and poet .

biography

After attending school, Varvitsiotis studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and began working as a lawyer after completing his studies in 1940 .

Soon, however, he devoted himself increasingly to writing poetry , which he had already started during his studies. His first poems appeared as early as 1936 in the journal Μακεδονικές Ημέρες (Macedonian days), which was followed by works in the journal Κοχλίας (screw) in the mid- 1940s . In the course of his life he published 22 anthologies , which have been translated into French and Spanish , among others , while he himself translated the works of Latin American poets into Greek.

He has received several awards for his poems, including the Prize of the Academy of Athens and the Knight's Cross des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France . In 1995 he received the Mihai Eminescu Prize of the Romanian Academy and in 1999 became a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.

In 2000 a volume of poetry was published in German under the title Poems . In his works he combined the poetry of ancient Greece with modernity, making him one of the most famous poets in Greece.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gedichte (Weltbild.de)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.weltbild.de  
  2. ↑ Poems (Buecher.de)
personal data
SURNAME Varvitsiotis, Takis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Βαρβιτσιώτης, Τάκης (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Thessaloniki , Greece
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2011
Place of death Thessaloniki , Greece