Komninos Zervos

Komninos Zervos (born 1950) is a Greek-Australian performance poet and teacher.

Life

Born in Melbourne in 1950, Komninos Zervos currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Komninos' poems are a playful combination of social commentary, autobiography and farce. He has performed poetry professionally in pubs, literary festivals, tv, radio, schools, streets, universities and prisons; published poetry in books, literary journals and anthologies; and authored animated and interactive multimedia poems for the internet. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards.

Awards

* 1991 Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Poetry Award for "Komninos"cite web|title= 1991 Human Rights Medal and Awards |publisher= Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |url= http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/1991.html |accessedate= 2007-08-11]
* 1992 Australia Council/Ros Bower Community Artist of the Year.
* 1997 Prix Ars Electronica, Austria, .Net Award, Highly Commended.
* 2001 Electronic Literature Organisation Literature Award for poetry, Runner-up.

Bibliography

* "the komninos manifesto". (Fat Possum, 1985)
* "the second komninos manifesto". (Fat Possum, 1986)
* "the last komninos manifesto". (Koala Munga, 1987)
* "high street, kew east". (Collins/Angus and Robertson, 1990). illust. Diana Reynolds.
* "komninos". (UQP, 1991)
* "the baby rap and other poems". (Oxford University Press, 1992). illust. Peter Viska.
* "komninos by the kupful". (UQP, 1994)

External links

* [http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/10267 CyberPoetry Website Archive]
* [http://komninos.com.au/ komninos's website]
* [http://komninos.com.au/underground/entry.html Underground, Website]
* [http://komninos.com.au/archive/page.htm Archive of Video and Audio performances and interviews]

Articles on Komninos

* Geoff Page's "A Reader's Guide to Australian Poetry", UQP, 1995, pages 161 - 164.
* William Wilde's "Australian Poets and their Works: A reader's guide".] , Oxford, 1996, pages 140 - 141.
* Wilde, Hooton and Andrews "The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature", 2nd edition, Oxford,1994, page 439.

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