Ilias Lagios

The poet Elias Lagios was born in Arta in 1958 and succumbed to his injuries in Athens on October 5, 2005, after a fall from his balcony. He published the poetry books: "Proodoi en Proodo," Olen 1981, "Exercises I-IX," 1984 (under the pseudonym Alexis Fokas), "The Accounts of Alexios and Maria," Estia Bookstore 1990, "Symposium," 1991, "The Story of Lady Othellos," Estia Bookstore 1992, "The Book of Marianna," Ikaros 1993, "The Little Hero: The Sketch," Anti 1996, "The Wasteland," Erato 1996, "On Animals," Parousia 1996, "Mousikoules," Erato 1997, "Of the Woman-Woman," Erato 1998, "The Twenty-Four Hours of Deo," Kastaniotis 1998, "Theatrology," Kastaniotis 1998, "Act of Submission," Erato 2000, "February 2001," Erato 2002, "The Man from Galilee," Erato 2004, and the "popular" narrative "The Abduction of the Box," Erato 2003. He contributed to collective editions: "Triodio," Agra 1991 (with Dionysis Kapsalis and Giorgos Koropoulis), "Anthodesmi," Agra 1993 (with Michalis Ganas, Dionysis Kapsalis, and Giorgos Koropoulis). He also edited the editions: Kostis Palamas, "And I Have a Glory to Ask from You" (anthology), Hermes 2001, Stelios Anemodouras, "The Little Hero," Katarti 2001, Robert E. Howard, "Conan the Barbarian," Katarti 2001, Ioannis Gryparis, "Scarabs and Terracottas," Indiktos 2002, Johnston McCulley, "The Mark of Zorro," Katarti 2003, Edgar Rice Burroughs, "Tarzan at the Earth's Core," Katarti 2003, Kostis Palamas, "The Motionless Life," Ideogramma, 2004. The Deputy Minister of Culture, Ms. Fani Palli-Petralia, stated about his death: "Elias Lagios was one of the most important figures of Greek poetry of the '80s generation." The president of SYN, Alekos Alavanos, stated: "The poet Elias Lagios, a great poetic talent of our time [...] leaves his work as a significant legacy for all of us." Mikela Chartoulari wrote in "Ta Nea" on 6.10.2005: "An unusually gifted craftsman of poetry, a 'battered tracker of truth' with a deeply subversive voice, Elias Lagios, died yesterday at 47, a victim of his own profane self. Profane, because he clashed with established art, with 'politically correct' behavior, with the silent violence of everyday life, with his own health. He stayed up all night, drank, starved, became destitute, was passionate, abandoned himself to his inspiration and... flew. [...]" Nikos G. Xydakis wrote in "Kathimerini" on 9.10.2005: "A tender adolescent of 47 years, both immature and overly mature, a dazzling talent, extravagant with words and emotions, extravagant above all with himself. Poet. [...]"