Dimitris Polychronakis

Dimitris Polychronakis was born in 1967 in Heraklion, Crete, and currently works as an assistant professor of Modern Greek Philology at the University of Crete. He has published the books: "The Critical Idealism of Iakovos Polylas" (University of Crete Press, 2002), "Aspects of Romantic Irony" (Indiktos, 2007), and "Pierrot Poets in the Age of Decline: Laughter as a Death Rattle" (Alexandria, 2015). He has also translated Hermann Broch's essay "Hofmannsthal and His Time" (Patakis, 2003). His articles on Modern Greek and foreign philology have been published in journals, collective volumes, and conference proceedings.