Yannis Kondos

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name = Yannis Kondos
"Γιάννης Κοντός"


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Yannis Kondos ( _el. Γιάννης Κοντός) (b. Aigio 1943) is an award winning Greek poet. He read Economics at the University of Piraeus (then Higher School for Industrial Studies). He founded the bookshop Ηνίοχος in 1971, along with Thanassis Niarchos. Since 1975, he has been working for Kedros publishers. He has also been professor of poetry for Kostas Kazakos' School of Dramatic Art.

He belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi.

He was awarded the State Prize for Poetry for his collection, "Absurd Athlete" in 1998. His work has been translated into English, German and Danish.

Poetry

*"Περιμετρική" (Circular Route), 1970
*"Το χρονόμετρο" (The Chronometer) , 1972
*"Τα απρόοπτα" (The Unforeseen), 1975
*"Φωτοτυπίες" (Photocopies), 1977
*"Στη διάλεκτο της ερήμου" (In the Dialect of the Desert), 1980
*"Τα οστά" (The Bones), 1982
*"Ανωνύμου μοναχού" (By an Anonymous Monk), 1985
*"Δωρεάν σκοτάδι" (Gratuitous Darkness), 1989
*"Στο γύρισμα της μέρας" (At the Turn of Day), 1992
*"Όταν πάνω από την πόλη ακούγεται ένα τύμπανο" (When a Drum is Heard over the City), selection, 1992
*"Ο αθλητής του τίποτα" (Absurd Athlet), 1997
*"Πρόκες στα σύννεφα" (Pins in the Clouds), 1999
*"Η υποτείνουσα της σελήνης" (The Moon's Hypotenuse), 2002
*"Δευτερόλεπτα του φόβου" (Seconds of Fear), 2006

Prose

*"Τα ευγενή μέταλλα" (The Noble Metals), 1994
*"Αριστείδης, ο μικρός ιπποπόταμος" (Aristeides, the Little Hippopotamus), for children, 2001
*"Τα Χριστούγεννα έρχονται" (Christmas is coming), 2004
*"Τα ευγενή μέταλλα ΙΙ" (The Noble Metals II), 2005

External links

* [http://www.greece2001.gr/writers/GiannisKontos.html His entry for the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair (Greek)]
* [http://www.dedalus.gr/gr/author.asp?id=116 His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)] and [http://www.dedalus.gr/en/author.asp?id=116 (English)]
* [http://kondoslfh2007.blogspot.com/ A blog dedicated to his poetry]
* [http://www.kedros.gr/main.php?manufacturers_id=85 His books at Kedros publishers]