Cadeira 113 - DIMITRIS P. KRANIOTIS
Patrono: ODYSSÉAS ELYTIS
Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 1966 in Larissa Prefecture and
grew up in Stomio (Larissa) in central Greece. He studied
Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He
lives in Larissa (Greece) and works as a medical doctor (internal
medicine specialist).
He is the author of 10 poetry books in Greece and abroad:
"Traces" (Greece 1985), "Clay Faces" (Greece 1992), "Fictitious
Line" (Greece 2005), "Dunes" (Romania 2007), "Endogram"
(Greece 2010), "Edda" (Romania 2010), "Illusions" (Romania
2010), "Leaves Vowels" (Italy 2017), "Tie of Public Decency"
(Greece 2018) and "Minus one" (Spain 2022). Also he is the
Editor-in-chief of the international anthology in English "World
Poetry 2011". He has won many international awards for his
poetry which has been translated in 32 languages & published in
many countries around the World. He has been invited and
participated in several International Poetry Festivals.
He is Doctor of Literature, Academician in Italy, President
Emeritus of the World Congress of Poets (UPLI), President of the
22nd World Congress of Poets (Greece 2011), President of the
World Poets Society (WPS), Director of the Mediterranean
Poetry Festival (Larissa, Greece), Chairman of the Writers for
Peace Committee of PEN Greece and member of the World
Poetry Movement (WPM).