CHaris Vlavianos

Haris Vlavianos was born in Rome in 1957. He studied philosophy at the University of Bristol and political theory at the University of Oxford. His doctoral dissertation, titled "Greece 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War," was published by Macmillan in 1992. He has published eleven poetry books, with the most recent being the bilingual, collector's edition "The Surface of Things" (2006) and the collections "Holidays in Reality" (2009), "Sonnets of Misfortune" (2011), and "The History of Western Philosophy in 100 Haikus" (2011). His essays include "The Other Place" (1994), "Who Cares About Poetry?" (2007), and "The Double Dream of Writing" (with Christos Chryssopoulos, 2010), as well as the humorous anthology "Britannica" (2004). He has also translated works by prominent poets such as Walt Whitman ("Selected Poems," 1986), Ezra Pound ("Hugh Selwyn Mauberley," 1987, "Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX-CXX," 1991), T.S. Eliot ("Four Quartets," 2012), Wallace Stevens ("Adagia," 1993, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Other Poems," 2007), e.e. cummings ("33x3x33," 2004), John Ashbery ("Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror," 1995), Michael Longley ("Homer's Octopus," 2008), Anne Carson ("Short Talks," 2013), William Blake ("The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," 1997 - nominated for the State Translation Prize), Zbigniew Herbert ("Mr. Cogito's Soul and Other Poems," 2001), among others. He directed the magazine "Poetry" for 15 years and currently directs the new magazine "Poetics" (issue 1, 2008). He teaches History and Political Theory at the American College of Greece (Deree) and creative poetry writing in the seminar series of Patakis Publishers, and has previously taught the same subject at the National Book Centre. Bibliography: Poetry: - "Sleepwalking," Athens, Plethron, 1983. - "Miracle Seller," Plethron, Nefeli, 1985. - "Manner of Speaking," Athens, Hyacinth, 1986. - "Implacable Denial," Athens, Roptron, 1989. - "The Nostalgia of the Heavens," Athens, Nefeli, 1994. - "Adieu," Athens, Nefeli, 1996. - "The Angel of History," Athens, Nefeli, 1999. - "After the End of Beauty," Athens, Nefeli, 2003. - "The Surface of Things," Athens, Diatton, 2006. - "Holidays in Reality," Athens, Patakis, 2009. - "Sonnets of Misfortune," Athens, Patakis, 2011. - "The History of Western Philosophy in 100 Haikus," Patakis, 2011. - "The Fragile Dominion of Words," Nefeli, 2013 (a collected edition of the four poetry collections by Nefeli). Essays: - "The Other Place," Athens, Nefeli, 1994. - "Who Cares About Poetry?" Athens, Polis, 2007. - "The Double Dream of Writing" (with Christos Chryssopoulos), Athens, Patakis, 2010. Translations of his works: - "Adieu," Birmingham, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies: University of Birmingham, 1998. - "Affirmation," [tr. by]: Mina Karavanta, Dedalus Press, Dublin, 2007. His poems have been included in anthologies: - "Modern Poetry in Translation." [tr. by]: David Connolly, London, King's College London, 1998. - "Agenda: Greek Poetry-New Voices and Ancient Echoes." [tr. by]: David Connolly, Christopher Robinson, Jackie Willcox, Haris Vlavianos. London, Agenda and Editions Charitable Trust, 1999. - "Unter dem Gewicht der Wörter: Griechische Lyrik der Gegenwart," Köln, Romiosini - Zweisprachig, 1999. - "Poesie grecque contemporaine: Des iles et des muses" [tr. by]: Maria Orphanidou-Freris. Marseille, Autres Temps, 2000. I'm sorry, but it seems like the text provided is a list of references or citations rather than a book author biography. Could you please provide the actual biography text you would like translated?