Kiki Dimoula Explained
Kiki Dimoula Κική Δημουλά |
Birth Name: | Vasiliki Radou |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1931 |
Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
Nationality: | Greek |
Death Place: | Athens, Greece |
Spouse: | Athos Dimoulas (1952–1985) |
Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | Poet |
Period: | 1952–2020 |
Vasiliki “Kiki” Dimoula (née Radou; el|Κική Δημουλά; 6 June 1931[1] – 22 February 2020) was a Greek poet. She was the first female poet ever to be included in the prestigious French publisher Gallimard’s poetry series.[2]
Work
Dimoula's work[3] [4] is haunted by the existential dissolution of the post-war era. Her central themes are hopelessness, insecurity, absence and oblivion. Using diverse subjects (from a "Marlboro boy" to mobile phones) and twisting grammar in unconventional ways, she accentuated the power of the words through astonishment and surprise, but always managed to retain a sense of hope.
Her poetry has been translated into English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, Italian and many other languages.In 2014, the eleventh issue of Tinpahar published 'Kiki Dimoula in Translation', which featured three English translations of her better known works.[5]
Recognition
Dimoula was awarded the Greek State Prize twice (1971, 1988), as well as the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize (1994) and the Αριστείο Γραμμάτων of the Academy of Athens (2001).[6] She was awarded the European Prize for Literature for 2009.[7] Since 2002, Dimoula was a member of the Academy of Athens.[8]
Life
Dimoula worked as a clerk for the Bank of Greece. She was married to the poet Athos Dimoulas (1952–1985), with whom she had two children.
Works
- Ποιήματα (Poems), 1952
- Έρεβος (Erebus), 1956
- Ερήμην (In absentia), 1958
- Επί τα ίχνη (On the trail), 1963
- Το λίγο του κόσμου (The Little of the World),1971
- Το Τελευταίο Σώμα μου (My last body), 1981
- Χαίρε ποτέ (Farewell Never),1988
- Η εφηβεία της Λήθης (Lethe's Adolescence), 1996
- Eνός λεπτού μαζί (One Minute's Together), 1998
- Ήχος απομακρύνσεων (Departure's Sound), 2001
- Χλόη θερμοκηπίου (Glass-house lawn), 2005
- Μεταφερθήκαμε παραπλεύρως (We moved next door), 2007
- Συνάντηση (Meeting), 2007 (Anthology with seventy-three paintings by John Psychopedis)
- Έρανος Σκεψεων, 2009
- Τα εύρετρα, 2010
- Δημόσιος Καιρός, 2014
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: "Έφυγε" η Κική Δημουλά . 23 February 2020.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/world/europe/work-of-greek-poet-kiki-dimoula-shows-reflection-of-countrys-hard-times.html Nytimes.com, Rachel Donadio,Inside a Greek Poet’s Work, a Reflection of Her Country’s Hard Times
- Web site: European Poetry in Motion . 2008-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080112051241/http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=25&article=20709 . 2008-01-12 . dead .
- Web site: REFLECTIONS - A MEETING OF DANISH AND GREEK POETS . 2008-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004062217/http://www.ambathen.um.dk/en/menu/Culture/PreviousEvents/REFLECTIONS+AMeetingOfDanishAndGreekPoets.htm . 2011-10-04 . dead .
- Web site: Kiki Dimoula in Translation | Tinpahar . 2014-06-14 . 2015-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315015410/http://tinpahar.com/poems/417#disqus_thread . dead .
- Web site: ΤΡΑΙΝΟ (Συγγραφείς - Μέλη) . 2008-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071030200412/http://www.dedalus.gr/gr/author.asp?id=82 . 2007-10-30 . dead .
- http://www.greekinsight.com/?conID=1499 Kiki Dimoula to Receive European Literature Prize
- Web site: Academy Of Athens . 2008-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719032205/http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecportal.asp?id=198&nt=18&lang=2 . 2011-07-19 . dead .