Nikos Deligiannis

Nikos Deligiannis was born and resides in Athens, with roots from Smyrna in Asia Minor. He studied Modern Greek literature and the French language at the University of Lyon and later at the French Institute of Athens. He also attended Art Bookbinding courses at EOMEX in Athens. He has published poetry collections including: Cheerful Destruction, Small Paradises, Inventor of Senses, Departure into the Light, Small Paradises (Book II), A Small Erotic Alphabet, The Centenarian Flower of Love, Body and Dream, Angel Besieger, From the Depths of Time, Secret Foundations, Sharp Horizon, The Embossed Traces of Love, The Bitter Words of the Earth, and Sea Bow. He authored texts for nine children's books on "Greek Mythology" (The Gods of Olympus, Hercules, Theseus, Jason, Trojan War, Odysseus, Titanomachy, Daedalus and Icarus, Prometheus). Additionally, he published two volumes of Aesop's Fables in his own rendition and translated Pythagoras' Golden Verses. He also published the books: 7 French Writers, 7 Reflections on Poetry, 7 Reflections on Life and Love, 7 Reflections on Politics and Culture, and Breaths in Silent Worlds. His poems and writings, as well as critical reviews of his work, have been published in several magazines and newspapers. He is involved in literary criticism, book editing, creative writing, and organizing cultural events, conferences, symposia, and workshops. He founded the publishing house Idmon and is a co-founder of the publishing house Pnoes Logou & Technis. He publishes and directs the literary and art magazines Iamvos (iamvosart), Pnoes Logou & Technis, Epyllion, as well as the cultural newspaper Pnoes Politismou-Ideopnoon. He is a member of the Society of Greek Writers, a founding member of the Panhellenic Spiritual Association, and a co-founder and vice president of the Society of Literature, Art, and Culture "Ideopnoon."