Kostas Papageorgiou

Kostas G. Papageorgiou was born in Athens in 1945. He studied law and literature. He made his literary debut with the poetry collection "Poems" in 1966. He worked as a lawyer from 1972 to 1978, after which he dedicated himself exclusively to literature and related fields. Since 2011, he has co-directed the quarterly poetry magazine Ta Poiitika. Over the past three decades, he has collaborated with some of the most esteemed literary magazines in Athens and Thessaloniki, including "Anti," "Lexi," "Dendro," "Diavazo," "Entefktirio," and "Tram," among others. He co-edited the annual collective anti-dictatorial publications "Katathesi '73" and "Katathesi '74" and compiled (with poet Yiannis Varveris) the "Greek Anthology of 20th Century Death Poetry" (1995). He has consistently contributed literary criticism to magazines and newspapers. From 1982 to 1998, he published and directed the magazine "Letters and Arts." His poems have been set to music and released on records by Thanos Mikroutsikos ("Ichnografia"), Nikos Tatsis ("Erana"), and Haris Katsimihas. Since 1982, he has been involved with Greek Radio, initially as a literary consultant and later as a curator of literary programs and events on the Third Program. Since 1990, he has taught Theater and Literature History at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatoire. He is a founding member of the "Society of Authors." His poems, studies, and extensive essays have been translated into European languages. He received the State Poetry Prize in 2001 and the Poetry Prize from the magazine "Diavazo." In 2009, he was honored with the Petros Haris Foundation Award from the Academy of Athens for his entire poetic work. In 2012, he was awarded the Novella-Short Story Prize from the magazine "Diavazo" for his narrative "Water."