Dionysis N. Mousmoutis

Born in Athens in 1960, the author is a writer, critic, and director of the magazine "History." Since 1995, he has worked as a business executive. During the 1980s, he worked at the Press Center for Hellenic Culture. Since the late 1970s, he has published a series of studies and articles on modern Greek literature and theater, as well as reviews. He has also participated in numerous scientific conferences. His studies, essays, and reviews—over 1,200 in total—have been published in magazines, newspapers, conference proceedings, commemorative volumes, collective works, and more. Notable publications include the newspapers "Kathimerini," "To Vima," "Eleftherotypia," and periodicals such as "Hellenic World," "Epilogue," "Eptanisiaka Fylla," "Porphyra," "Kefaliniaka Chronika," "Nea Estia," "Odos Panos," "Periplous," "K (Literary and Arts Critique Magazine)," "Diavazo," "History Illustrated," "Epilogue," "Akti," "Parodos," "Musical Hellenomnimons," "Ionian Analekta," "Sisyphus," "Frear," among others. He curated tributes to Dionysios Solomos, Andreas Kalvos, Ugo Foscolo, Nikos Kavvadias, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Odysseas Elytis, as well as historical novels, detective novels, travel literature, and more in the magazine "Diavazo" and the newspaper "Eleftherotypia." He has been writing for the local press of his hometown Zakynthos since 1975. From 2000 to 2002, he published the annual edition "Zakynthos, Literary Historical and Folklore Calendar." He has anthologized Zakynthian poets in "Ellinomouseion / Akti." He is a member of many societies, scientific associations, organizations, and cultural institutions, such as the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece, the Heraldic and Genealogical Society, the Hellenic Folklore Society, the National Society of Greek Writers, the Corfu Studies Society, the Museum of Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians, the Musical and Dramatic Association "Athens Conservatory," the Center for Research and Study of Greek Theater-Theatrical Museum, among others. He has been elected to the boards of the Hellenic Folklore Society, the National Society of Greek Writers, the Greek P.E.N., and the "Ugo Foscolo" Association. He also serves as a consultant on the boards of foundations. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2011, he was awarded the Essay Prize of the Ouranis Foundation by the Academy of Athens for his book "Ugo Foscolo, Historical and Biographical Addenda." Selected Bibliography Studies, Essays - "Theater in the City of Zakynthos 1901-1915," Bastas Publications 1999. - "Grigorios Xenopoulos (1867-1951). Chronology and Album," Periplous Publications 2001. - "Romas and the Theater," Platyforos Publications 2002. - "Pios Martzokis and the Zakynthian Comedy," Trimorfo Publications 2006. - "Xenopoulos, the Aristeion, the Strike, and the Students," Trimorfo Publications 2006. - "Xenopoulos, Malanos, and Theatrical Alexandria," Gavriilidis Publications 2007. - "Letters of Dionysis Romas to Kostis Bastias and Alexis Minotis," Trimorfo Publications 2007. - "The Stathateios Dramatic Competition of the Society of Greek Playwrights," (in collaboration with Kyriaki Petrakou), "Paravasis 6," Scientific Bulletin of the Department of Theater Studies, University of Athens, Ergo Publications 2008. - "Timoleon Ampelas, Lina Draka, and Zakynthos," Trimorfo Publications 2009. - "Ugo Foscolo, Historical and Biographical Addenda," Trimorfo Publications 2010. - "Marietta Giannopoulou-Minotou, Giannis Psycharis, and Ugo Foscolo," Trimorfo Publications. Responsibility / Analogy 2012. Editorial Work - Zakynthos, from the second to the third millennium. Zakynthian Calendar-Feast Calendar 2000, illustrated, published by Basta, 1999. - Zakynthos 2001, Literary Historical and Folklore Calendar, published by Explorer, 2001. - Zakynthos 2002, Literary Historical and Folklore Calendar, published by Periplous, 2002. - Grigorios Xenopoulos, 50 years later... Contribution to the research of his work, Conference Proceedings (Zakynthos 16-18.11.2001), Platyphoros, Zakynthos, 2005. - Ten writings about Dionysis Serra and his poetry, published by Raporto, 2006. - Dionysis Romas, Theater under review (Critiques and feuilletons), published by Trimorpho, Zakynthos, 2007. Anthologies - Dionysis Serra, Hellenomouseion / Akti, 78 [2009]. - Dionysis Flemotomos, Hellenomouseion / Akti, 85 [2010]. - Panagiotis Kapodistrias, Hellenomouseion / Akti, 89 [2011].