Role Poet Name Kiki Dimoula | Period 1952– Nationality Greek | |
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Awards Grand Prize for Literature Similar People Odysseas Elytis, Giorgos Seferis, Tasos Livaditis, Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Engonopoulos | ||
Hspt poiitiki vradia part 5 of 7 women poets melissanthi kiki dimoula eleni arghesti
Vasiliki “Kiki” Dimoula (née Radou; Greek: Κική Δημουλά; 19 June 1931, Athens) is a Greek poet. She is the first living female poet ever to be included in the prestigious French publisher Gallimard’s poetry series.
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- Hspt poiitiki vradia part 5 of 7 women poets melissanthi kiki dimoula eleni arghesti
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- Work
- Recognition
- Life
- Works
- References
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Work
Dimoula's work 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 accentuates the power of the words through astonishment and surprise, but always manages 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.
Recognition
Dimoula has been 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). She was awarded the European Prize for Literature for 2009. Since 2002, Dimoula is a member of the Academy of Athens.
Life
Dimoula worked as a clerk for the Bank of Greece. She was married to the poet Athos Dimoulas (1921–1985), with whom she had two children.