Yannis Varveris ( el, Γιάννης Βαρβέρης; 1955 – 25 May 2011) was a

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. Varveris was born and died in

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. He read

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at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. His first collection of poems was published in 1975. He belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to

authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the

Greek military junta of 1967-1974 The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

and at the first years of the

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. He has been awarded the State Book Prize for Criticism in 1996 for his book '' (1976–1984)'' and the

Cavafy Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης ; April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Gree ...

prize (2001) and the poetry prize of literary journal Diavazo (2002) for his poetry collection '.ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη)
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Works

Poetry

*' (In Imagination and Word), 1975 *' (The Beak), 1978 *' (Disabled Veterans), 1982 *' (Death Spread It Around), 1986 *' (Piano of the Deep), 1991 *' (Mister Fog), 1993 *' (Miracle Null and Void), 1996 *'' 1975-1996'' (Poems 1975-1996), 2000 *' (Abroad), 2001 *' (Wasted money), 2005 *' (The man alone), 2009 *' (Of old age), 2011

Selected essays and criticism

*'' (1976–1984)'' (Theater Reviews 1, 1976–1984), 1985 *'' (1976–1984)'' (Theater Reviews 2, 1976–1984), 1991 *'' (1976–1984)'' (Theater Reviews 3, 1976–1984), 1995 *' (Lifeboat), 1999 *'' 1994-2003'' (Theater Reviews 4, 1994–2003), 2004

Notes

External links

His page at the website of the Hellenic Authors' Society (Greek)
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(English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varveris, Yannis 1955 births 2011 deaths Writers from Athens National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni 21st-century Greek poets 20th-century Greek poets Greek male poets 20th-century Greek male writers 21st-century Greek male writers