Sotiris Trivizas ( el, Σωτήρης Τριβιζάς) (b.

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. He is a member of the Porfiras literary magazine editorial board.ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη)

Works

Poetry

*''Το κέλυφος'' (The Shell), 1982 *''Κίβδηλο φεγγάρι'' (False Moon), 1984 *''Βίος Ασωμάτων και άλλα ποιήματα'' (Life of the bodiless and other poems), 1991

Essays

*''Το σουρρεαλιστικό σκάνδαλο. Χρονικό της υποδοχής του υπερρεαλιστικού κινήματος στην Ελλάδα'' (The Surrealist Scandal. Chronicle of the reception of the surrealist movement in Greece), 1996 *''Το πνεύμα του λόγου'' (The spirit of reason), 2000

Selected Translations

* Pirandello, Luigi, ''Χάος'' (Chaos) 1996 * Pavese, Cesare, ''O θάνατος θα 'ρθει και θα 'χει τα μάτια σου'' (Verrà la morte ed avrà i tuoi occhi), 1997 * Ungaretti, Giuseppe, ''Σπουδή θανάτου'', 1998

Anthologies

*''Ποιητές του Μεσοπολέμου'' (Interwar Poets), 1997 *''Nαπολέων Λαπαθιώτης. Μια παρουσίαση'' ( Napoleon Lapathiotis: a presentation), 2000

External links

His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)
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(English)

Notes

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