Yiannis Patilis

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name = Yiannis Patilis


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birthdate = 1947
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period =1970–
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Yiannis Patilis ( _el. Γιάννης Πατίλης) (b. Athens 1947) is a Greek poet. He read Law and Philology at the University of Athens. He has worked as a high school professor since 1980. He co-founded the literary periodical Tο Δέντρο (The Tree); since 1986 he publishes the periodical Πλανόδιον (Vagrant).

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. [ [http://www.dedalus.gr/gr/author.asp?id=174 ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη) ] ]

Poetry

*"Ο μικρός και το θηρίο" (The Little Guy and the Beast), 1970
*"Αλλά τώρα, προσέχτε!" (But Now Be Careful), Αθήνα, 1973
*"Υπερ των καρπών" (In Favor of Fruition), 1977
*"Κέρματα" (Tokens), 1980
*"Μη καπνιστής σε χώρα καπνιζόντων (Ποιήματα 1970-1980)" (Non-Smoker in the Land of Smokers; poems, 1970-80), 1982
*"Ζεστό μεσημέρι" (Warm Midday), 1984
*"Γραφέως κάτοπτρον" (The Scribe's Mirror), 1989
*"Ταξίδια στην ίδια πόλη (Ποιήματα 1970-1990)" (Trips in the Same City, poems, 1970-90), 1993

External links

* [http://www.dedalus.gr/gr/author.asp?id=174 His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)]

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