World Poetry Day

World Poetry Day

ETHAL (Limassol Theatre Development Company) and KANALI6, in collaboration with the Limassol Writers’ Union “Vasilis Michaelides,” are organizing an all-day tribute to Poetry, in celebration of March 21st as World Poetry Day.

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During the day, KANALI6 will broadcast on its frequency poetry set to music and poems written by Limassol poets: Mona Savvidou-Theodoulou, Andreas Pastellas, Elli Paionidou, Andreas Makrides, and George Petoussis. In the evening, at 19:30, a meet-and-greet event will be held at the ETHAL Technochoros with Greek poet George Blanas, who is also the translator of Philoctetes, which ETHAL will stage. The event will also feature younger poets from Limassol, such as Adriana Kritikou and Andreas Hatzihampis, among others. This entire event is generously sponsored by the Cyprus Radio-Television Authority and the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

For information: 25 877827

George Blanas (born 1959 in Athens) is a Greek poet, translator, and editor. He lives and works in Aigaleo, where he grew up. He studied Library Science and Electrical Engineering and has worked, among other things, as a librarian and advertiser. He debuted in Greek literature in 1987 with the publication of his collection Life Swims Like an Unaware Whale Before the Slaughter. In 2003, he was a nominee for the State Literary Awards for his poem Episode. He frequently writes for the Athenian press and literary magazines, maintaining the column “Encyclopedia of Monsters” in the magazine Galera, illustrated by Kostas Kyriakakis.

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