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Dimitris
Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to: * Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for OFI Crete in Greek Super League * Dimitris Avramopoulos (born 1953), Greek politician and diplomat * Dimitris Basis, Greek singer musician * Dimitris Bogdanos (born 1975), Greek professional basketball player *Dimitris Christofias, left-wing Greek Cypriot politician, President of the Republic of Cyprus * Dimitris Diamantidis (born 1980), Greek professional basketball player * Dimitris Dimakopoulos (born 1966), retired Greek professional basketball player *Dimitris Dimitrakos (born 1936), Greek philosopher, currently Professor at the University of Athens * Dimitris Dragatakis (1914–2001), Greek composer of classical music * Dimitris Drosos (born 1966), Greek businessman, ex-chairman of AEK Athens BC, current chairman of PAOK BC *Dimitris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Christofias
Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to: *Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for OFI Crete in Greek Super League *Dimitris Avramopoulos (born 1953), Greek politician and diplomat *Dimitris Basis, Greek singer musician *Dimitris Bogdanos (born 1975), Greek professional basketball player *Dimitris Christofias, left-wing Greek Cypriot politician, President of the Republic of Cyprus *Dimitris Diamantidis (born 1980), Greek professional basketball player *Dimitris Dimakopoulos (born 1966), retired Greek professional basketball player * Dimitris Dimitrakos (born 1936), Greek philosopher, currently Professor at the University of Athens *Dimitris Dragatakis (1914–2001), Greek composer of classical music *Dimitris Drosos (born 1966), Greek businessman, ex-chairman of AEK Athens BC, current chairman of PAOK BC * Dimitris Giants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Lyacos
Dimitris Lyacos ( el, Δημήτρης Λυάκος; born 19 October 1966) is a contemporary Greek poet and playwright. He is the author of the ''Poena Damni'' trilogy. Lyacos's work is characterised by its genre-defying form and the avant-garde combination of themes from literary tradition with elements from ritual, religion, philosophy and anthropology. The trilogy interchanges prose, drama and poetry in a fractured narrative that reflects some of the principal motifs of the Western Canon. Despite its length - the overall text counts no more than two hundred pages - the work took over a period of thirty years to complete, with the individual books revised and republished in different editions during this period and arranged around a cluster of concepts including the scapegoat, the quest, the return of the dead, redemption, physical suffering, mental illness. Lyacos's characters are always at a distance from society as such, fugitives, like the narrator of Z213: Exit, outcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Dragatakis
Dimitris Dragatakis (Greek: Δημήτρης Δραγατάκης; 22 January 1914 – 18 December 2001) was a Greek composer of classical music and Greek art music. He was born in Platanoussa, Epirus in 1914 and studied the violin from 1930 to 1939 at the Greek National Conservatory in Athens. Later on, he switched to the viola and from 1949 started composition lessons with Leonidas Zoras and Manolis Kalomiris, receiving his diploma in 1955. He is considered one of Greece's most important modern composers, with a personal musical idiom that is both mature and laconic. Influenced by the musical traditions of Greece (in particular the ones of his native Epirus) and ancient Greek drama, his music also came to reflect his interest in new techniques such as free atonality, novel instrumental combinations, post-modernism, minimalism and electronic music. He won a number of major prizes, including the Maria Callas award from the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation in 1997 and the pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Diamantidis
Dimitris Diamantidis ( el, Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης ; born May 6, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, who spent the last twelve seasons of his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos, where he last served as the team's general manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest European players ever to grace the game, he marked his era by being the most versatile player in the EuroLeague, serving as an inspiration to a whole generation of young European stars. He is the only player to have earned all four aforementioned EuroLeague end-of-season distinctions, even more so in a single year. Diamantidis is the only Greek player who is member of both EuroLeague 2000–10 All-Decade Team and EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team. At the age of fourteen, Diamantidis started his basketball career with the youth clubs of his hometown team, AS Kastoria. Five years later, he made his professional debut with Iraklis Thessaloniki, and by 2003, he had emerged a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Basis
Dimitrios Bibasis (''Δημήτριος Μπιμπάσης''), better known by his stage name Dimitris Basis (''Δημήτρης Μπάσης''), is a Greek singer and musician. He is from the village of Cherso, near the city of Kilkis in Central Macedonia. Biography Dimitris Basis was born in Stuttgart. His parents lived in Germany for some years. He came to Greece for the first time at the age of eight when his entire family returned to Cherso, a small village near the Greek–North Macedonian border. At the age of nine, he started chanting the liturgy in the local church and three years later he began to study Byzantine music. He gained his diploma at the age of seventeen. At the same time he used to sing at many cultural celebrations. When he was twenty years old just after his first steps in professional singing he was discovered by Stamatis Kraounakis and Warner Music company, who immediately offered him a contract. For three continuous seasons he was singing with Alkistis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Kontopoulos
Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Κοντόπουλος born November 9, 1971, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek music composer. Personal life Dimitris Kontopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on November 9, 1971. After graduating from the Ziridis school, he continued his studies in film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. Kontopoulos is married and has two children. Career Kontopoulos became active in the music industry in 1999–2000. In 1999 he released as a producer the album 'Etsi ime ego' by Iro. The singles of the album 'Etsi eime ego' and 'Tipota' topped the Greek charts making the producer famous nationally. In 2001, he released the second album of Iro as a producer and composer. The singles 'Apogeiosi', 'Etsi eine oi sxeseis' and 'Moni mou' also topped the charts. In 2002, he produced and composed the album of Giannis Vardis. The first single of the album 'Gia ena lepto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Avramopoulos
Dimitris Avramopoulos ( el, Δημήτρης Αβραμόπουλος) is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence, and was Mayor of Athens in 1995–2002. He served as EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission between 2014 and 2019. Personal life Avramopoulos was born in Athens in 1953, into a family which had originally come from Ilia and Elliniko in Arcadia. He served his 26 months military service from 1978 to 1980 in the Hellenic Air Force. He is married to Vivian, with whom he has two sons, Filippos and Iasonas. Apart from his native Greek, he speaks English, French and Italian fluently. Diplomatic career In 1980, Avramopoulos joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens, where he worked until 1993. From 1988 to 1992, he served as Greek Consul to Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Mavroeidis
Dimitrios Mavroeidis (alternate spellings: ''Dimitris'', ''Mavroidis'') (Greek: Δημήτρης Μαυροειδής; born July 4, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) tall center. Professional career Mavroeidis began his professional career with the Greek League club Peristeri in 2002. He moved to Panionios in 2005. He signed with Maroussi in 2007. In 2010, he joined the Spanish ACB League club Bilbao Basket. In 2012, he joined the EuroLeague club Olympiacos. With Olympiacos, he won the 2012–13 championship of the EuroLeague. He moved to Nea Kifissia in 2014. During the first round of the 2014–15 Greek Basket League, he was voted as the MVP of the week's first round of the Greek Basket League. On November 9, 2015, Mavroeidis signed with AEK Athens, until the end of the season. On November 11, Mavroeidis made his debut with AE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn () (9 March 1921 – 16 January 1998) was a Greek theatrical and film performer of modern times. Biography Horn was born in Athens in 1921, the son of playwright Pantelis Horn (himself descended from an Austrian father and Greek mother), and Euterpi, a Pontic Greek. He studied Drama at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School, where he made his stage debut in 1941. During his career, he co-operated many times with the Greek National Theater and made personal stage troops with actors such as Mary Aroni, Alekos Alexandrakis and Ellie Lambeti. The latter was also his companion from 1953 to 1958. From an early stage he developed a reputation as "the best actor of his generation," performing many classics such as " Diary of a Madman" by Nikolai Gogol, ''Richard III'' by William Shakespeare, ''Dom Juan'' by Molière, and ''Enrico IV'' by Luigi Pirandello to critical acclaim. His screen work was less important to him; he disliked cinema, only starring in ten films. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Mardas
Dimitris Mardas ( gr, Δημήτρης Μάρδας; born 25 March 1955) is a Greek economist and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He previously served as the Alternate Minister of Revenue in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2015 until 2019, representing Thessaloniki B. He is currently a professor of economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Education Mardas was educated in Thessaloniki before studying at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he received his degree in 1979. Mardas completed his postgraduate studies in economics at the universities of Pantheon-Sorbonne, from 1979 to 1980, and Panthéon-Assas, from 1980 to 1982. He was awarded his PhD in international trade from the Panthéon-Assas University in 1990. Academic career From 1982 to 1993, Mardas was a research associate at the School of Economics of the Aristotle Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Lignadis
Dimitris Lignadis (Greek: Δημήτρης Λιγνάδης; born September 25, 1964) is a Greek actor and stage director, who served as the Artistic Director of the National Theater of Greece from August 2019 until he resigned on February 6, 2021. Lignadis resigned from his position after sexual abuse statements by minors against him became public. Shortly after, he was arrested and charged with serial rape but let free due to alleged high connections with government officials. Early life and education Dimitris Lignadis was born on 1964 in Athens, Greece to theater critic and author Tasos Lignadis. The young Lignadis studied at the University of Athens and at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School. Career He has acted in and directed many plays. He served as the Artistic Director of the National Theater of Greece from August 2019 until he resigned on February 6, 2021. Sexual abuse allegations and arrest In February 2021, various sexual abuse allegations against L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Lipertis
Dimitris Theophani Lipertis (; 1866–1937) was a Greek Cypriot poet. Biography Lipertis was born in Larnaca in 1866 (exact date disputed–either 22 September or 26 October). His father, Theofanis Lipertis hailed from Kyrenia, but moved to Larnaca where he set up a trading company. His mother was Kokonou Modinos. He obtained his basic education from various literary figures of Larnaca. He then furthered his studies in Beirut (from 1880–1884) where he studied languages at the American University of Beirut and the Jesuit Université Saint-Joseph specializing in English and French. On his return to Cyprus, he first took up a clerical post (1885–1890) at Larnaca legal courts. For the next decade he worked in various governmental departments such as payroll officer in the public works department, inspector of vineyard diseases, coastguard official etc. Through his various jobs he came into contact with the Cypriot countryside and its genuine inhabitants, along with getting to k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
