A tribute to the work of Dimitris Papaditsas through the eyes of contemporary Greek poets
The Hellenic American Union, in collaboration with the poetry gatherings “Words (can) do it”, presents, in the first event of their 13th year, a tribute to the poetic work of Dimitris Papaditsas (1922–1987) on Wednesday, December 13, at 19:30.
This marks the 14th “stop” in “With Words (It Happens)”’s ongoing revisitation of the modern Greek poetic canon. Papaditsas, a poet of the “First Postwar Generation,” drew from the unconscious depths of the soul as well as from ancient Greek philosophy, merging existential and transcendent quests in his poetry. He was awarded the 1st State Poetry Prize twice (1964 and 1981) and, in 1984, the Academy of Athens Prize (Ourani Foundation) for his lifetime achievement. His collected poetic works encompass 15 books. Together with Eleni Ladia, he also published translations of the Orphic Hymns and the Homeric Hymns.
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of his first book, The Well with the Formigas (1943), thirteen contemporary poets revisit and reflect on his complete poetic output: Orfeas Apergis, Eirini Vakalopoulou, Stella Voskaridou, Haris Garouniatis, Phoebe Giannisi, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Dimitra Kotoula, Dimitra Kationi, Pavlina Marvin, Stergios Mitas, Efstathia P., Olga Papakosta, and Thodoris Chiotis.