Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greek Δημήτρης Π. Κρανιώτης) is a contemporary Greek

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 poet. Born in 15 July 1966 in Stomio - Larissa, a coastal town in central Greece.

Biography

Kraniotis studied at the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

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, Greece. He lives and works as a medical doctor (physician) Internal Medicine Specialist in Larissa

Larissa

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 , Greece. He is Doctor of Literature (Litt. D.) by the World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC), Academician of the Academy Tiberina of Rome

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, Academician of the International Academy of Micenei (Italy

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), elected President of 22nd World Congress of Poets (Greece 2011) by United Poets Laureate International (UPLI), President of the World Poets Society (W.P.S.), Ambassador to Greece of Poetas del Mundo (Chile

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), Vice-President of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers, Vice-President of the Larissa Medical Association "Hippocrates", Special Secretary of the Thessaly

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 Association of Letters and Arts, Editorial Director of the Greek medical magazine "Hippocrates" and member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazine "Graphi". He is member of several literary organizations including the National Society of Greek Literary Writers, Hellenic Literary Society, Greek PEN

International PEN

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 Centre , Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, International Society of Greek Writers, United Poets Laureate International, International Writers Association (IWA), World Academy of Arts & Culture, World Union of Writing Physicians (UMEM), etc. He was bestowed the title and award of the "Enchanting Poet" from The Enchanting Verses journal of poetry for his contributions in poetry.

Poetry

Kraniotis has authored 7 volumes of poetry:

• Traces: Poems 1981-1984 (gr.
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   Ίχνη): 1985, Larissa, Greece. Greek poetry
• Clay Faces: Poems 1985-1989 (gr.
  Greek language
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   Πήλινα Πρόσωπα): 1992, Larissa, Greece. Greek poetry
• Fictitious Line: Poems (gr.
  Greek language
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   Νοητή Γραμμή): 2005, Larissa, Greece. ISBN 960-90107-1-7 Greek poetry and translation into English and French
• Dunes (Romanian title: Dune) (gr.
  Greek language
  Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
  
   Θίνες): 2007, Orient Occident, Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 978-973-8430-44-0 Greek poetry: translation into French and Romanian
• Endogram (gr.
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   Ενδόγραμμα): 2010, Malliaris Paideia, Thessaloniki, Greece. ISBN 978-960-457-417-9, Greek poetry
• Edda (Romanian title: Edda) (gr.
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   Έδδα): 2010, Orient Occident, Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 978-973-8430-77-8, Greek poetry: translation into French and Romanian
• Illusions (Albanian title: Iluzione) (gr.
  Greek language
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  Ψευδαισθήσεις): 2010, Rawex Coms, Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 978-606-8231-06-8, Greek poetry: translation into Albanian

His poems have been translated into English, French, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian), Albanian, Dutch, Turkish, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Portuguese, Bengali, etc. He has won a number of international awards for his poetry which has been published in many countries around the World. Central theme in his poetry is contemporary man, his impasse, his worries, his fears, his hopes and dreams.

Individual poems published in anthologies:

• Fictitious line
• Illusions
• The end
• Ideals
• One-word garments
• Ashes
• Rules and visions
• To the dead poet of obscurity
• Denials
• Limits
• Maybe
• The "dont's" and "zeros"
• What I ask
• To you I speak
• Sinful corners
• Repetition
• Endogram
• Edda