Dimitris Varos

Dimitris Varos

Dimitris Varos (Gr. Δημήτρης Βάρος) was born 1949 on the island of Chios. He is a modern Greek poet, journalist, and photographer.

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Career

He has been director and editor-in-chief of many Greek national newspapers, including Chiakos Laos, Acropolis, Ethnos, Proti, Ethnos tis Kyriakis, Typos tis Kyriakis and many national magazines. He is currently the director of print and electronic publications at Technoekdotiki [1] that puplishes 7 monthly magazines.

Dimitris Varos he is also the creator of a number of printing media in Greece such as "Ethnos tis Kyriakis", "TV Ethnos", "Time Out", "Ergasia", "New Gen", "IQ", "Pame Athina", "Relax", "Helliniki Naftiliaki", "Kefaleo","Car & Truck", "Logistics & management", "Ecotec" and others.

As a poet he published four books and his poetry translated in English. Parts of one of those books (“Thirasia”) set to music by Greek composer Giannis Markopoulos in his music CDs “Electric Theseus”, “Unities”, “Daring Communications”, “50 years Giannis Markopoulos and performed by Pavlos Sidiropoulos and the group “Nei Epivates” in the ancient theater Herodion in Athens. Lyrics of Dimitris Varos also used by rock group “Vox” in their third CD.

Publications

  • Phryne (Φρύνη). 2000, Kastaniotis Editions. ISBN 960-03-2821-8 Greek poetry
  • Thirasia (Θηρασία). 1997, Kastaniotis Editions. ISBN 960-03-1902-2 Greek poetry
  • Andromeda (Ανδρομέδα), Chios Art-lovers Association Editions. Greek poetry
  • O stranger (Ω ξειν), Independent edition. Greek poetry

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References

  1. ^ TECHNOEKDOTIKI - Contact us



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