Giannis Patilis

Giannis Patilis was born in Athens in 1947, with roots in Perista, Aetolia-Acarnania. He studied law at the University of Athens and later pursued philology (Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies) at the same university. He worked as a trainee lawyer, an employee of OPAP and the Hellenic Post, as a translator, and as an editor for the encyclopedias "Papyros-Larousse-Britannica" and "Domi." Since 1980, he has been working as a philologist in public secondary education. He was a co-founder and co-publisher, up to the third issue, of the magazine "To Dentro" (1978) and co-founder and co-publisher of the magazines "Kritiki kai Keimena" and "Nisos: Mousiki kai Poiisi" (1983-1984). Since 1986, he has been publishing the literary magazine "Planodion." His poems have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies in Greece and abroad. He is a member of the Society of Authors. Works: A. Poetry - "O mikros kai to thirio" (The Little One and the Beast), Athens, 1970 - "Alla tora, prosechte!" (But Now, Be Careful!), Athens, 1973 - "Yper ton karpon" (In Favor of the Fruits), Egnatia, Thessaloniki, 1977 - "Kermata" (Coins), Egnatia, Thessaloniki, 1980 - "Mi kapnistis se chora kapnizonton (Poems 1970-1980)" (Non-Smoker in a Country of Smokers), Ypsilon, 1982 - "Zesto mesimeri" (Hot Noon), Ypsilon, 1984 - "Grafeos katoptron" (Writer's Mirror), Ypsilon, 1989 - "Taxidia stin idia poli (Poems 1970-1990)" (Journeys in the Same City), Ypsilon, 1993 - "Akti Kallimasioti kai alla poiimata" (Kallimasioti Coast and Other Poems), Ypsilon, 2009 B. Translations into English - "Camel of Darkness. Selected Poems (1970-1990)," Translated from the Greek by Stathis Gourgouris (Quarterly Review of Literature, Poetry Books Series, Volume XXXVI, Princeton 1997). C. Editorial Work - Nikos V. Ladas, "Astrovatei" (Plethron, 1986) - Angelos Th. Simiriotis, "Ta Poiimata (1893-1943)" (The Poems), Volumes I & II (with Elsa Liaropoulou), Cultural Center of Nea Ionia, Attica, Nea Ionia, 1995. - As well as 83 book titles for "Planodion" publications (1990-2011). (photo: Kostas Ordolis)