Dinos Christianopoulos
Greek poet (1931–2020)
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Konstantinos Dimitriadis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης; 20 March 1931 – 11 August 2020), better known by his pen name Dinos Christianopoulos (Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος), was a Greek contemporary and post-war poet, novelist, folklorist, and scholar.[1] He was also a music scholar who wrote about rebetiko.[2]
20 March 1931
- Novels
- poetry
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| Born | Konstantinos Dimitriadis 20 March 1931 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Died | 11 August 2020 (aged 89) Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
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Legacy
He is widely known for writing the couplet: "What didn’t you do to bury me / but you forgot I was a seed."[3]
Biography
Dimitriadis was born in Thessaloniki on 20 March 1931, the son of a refugee from East Thrace. He received a degree in Classical Studies from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki[4] in 1955. He worked as a librarian from 1958 to 1965.
His first poem Age of Lean Cows was published in 1947. He was influenced by Constantine P. Cavafy[5][6] and T.S. Eliot. Dimitriadis was gay, but he never claimed his sexuality.[7] He was awarded the 2011 National Grand Prix for Literature, but refused to pick it up.[8] Aristotle University of Thessaloniki awarded him an honorary doctorate in June 2011.
He died on 11 August 2020 at the age of 89.[9] His work was donated to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bibliography
- Season of the Lean Cows, 1950
- Indefensible Yearning, 1960
- Fresh Water Stories, 1980
- The Body and the Wormwood
- The downward turn: Fourteen short stories, 1994
