Haris Vlavianos
Encyclopedia
Haris Vlavianos is a contemporary Greek poet
.
and Philosophy
at the University of Bristol
(B.Sc) and Politics and History (M.Phil, D.Phil) at the University of Oxford
(Trinity College, Oxford
). His doctoral thesis entitled, "Greece 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War", was published by Macmillan
(1992).
He has published ten collections of poetry, the most recent being "Sonnets of Despair" (2011). He has also published a collection of thoughts and aphorisms on poetry and poetics entitled, "The Other Place
" (1994) and a book of essays entitled, "Does Poetry Matter?: Thoughts on the Uselessness of an Art" (2007). He has translated into Greek
, the works of well-known writers such as: Walt Whitman
("Selected Poems", 1986), Ezra Pound
("Hugh Selwyn Mauberley", 1987; "Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX-CXX", 1991), Michael Longley
("Selected Poems", 1992), Wallace Stevens
("Adagia", 1993), John Ashbery
("Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror", 1995), Carlo Goldoni
("The Venetian Twins", 1996), William Blake
("The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", 1997), Zbigniew Herbert
("The Soul of Mr. Cogito and Other Poems", 2001), Fernando Pessoa
("Herostrato: The Quest for Immortality", 2002; "Marginalia", 2005), E. E. Cummings
("33 x 3 x 33: Poems, Essays, Fragments", 2004), Wallace Stevens
, ("Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Other Poems", 2007), Michael Longley
, ("Homer's Octopus and Other Poems", 2008).
He is the editor of the literary Greek journal "Ποιητική" (Poetics). His collection of poems "Adieu" (1996) has been translated into English
by David Connolly and published in the UK by Birmingham University Press (1998). A Selected Poems volume of his translated into German
by Dadi Sideri Speck, into Dutch
by Hero Hokwerda and into Italian
by Nicola Crocetti, has been published by "Romiosini Press" (2001), "Rotterdam Poetry International"(2000) and "Poesia" (2006) respectively. A selection of his poetry has been translated into Catalan
by Joaquim Jesti and published in Barcelona
by the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes. "Selected Poems" volumes of his, translated into German by Torsten Israel, into Dutch by Hero Hokwerda and into English by Mina Karavanta, were published by "Hanser" (with an introduction by Joachim Sartorius), by "Ovolos" and "Dedalus Publications" (with an introduction by Michael Longley) respectively. His poetry has also been translated into French
, Spanish
, Portuguese
, Bulgarian
, Albanian
, and Swedish
and has appeared in numerous Europe
an and America
n journals and anthologies.
He is Professor of History and History of Ideas at the American College of Greece
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Biography
He studied EconomicsEconomics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
at the University of Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
(B.Sc) and Politics and History (M.Phil, D.Phil) at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
(Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
). His doctoral thesis entitled, "Greece 1941-1949: From Resistance to Civil War", was published by Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
(1992).
He has published ten collections of poetry, the most recent being "Sonnets of Despair" (2011). He has also published a collection of thoughts and aphorisms on poetry and poetics entitled, "The Other Place
The Other Place
The Other Place may refer to:* The Other Place , a 1999 young adult novel* The Other Place, a collection of short stories by J. B...
" (1994) and a book of essays entitled, "Does Poetry Matter?: Thoughts on the Uselessness of an Art" (2007). He has translated into Greek
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;...
, the works of well-known writers such as: Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
("Selected Poems", 1986), Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
("Hugh Selwyn Mauberley", 1987; "Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX-CXX", 1991), Michael Longley
Michael Longley
Michael Longley, CBE is a Northern Irish poet from Belfast.-Life and career:Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and subsequently read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited Icarus...
("Selected Poems", 1992), Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the Hartford insurance company in Connecticut.His best-known poems include "Anecdote of the Jar",...
("Adagia", 1993), John Ashbery
John Ashbery
John Lawrence Ashbery is an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. But Ashbery's work still proves controversial...
("Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror", 1995), Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
("The Venetian Twins", 1996), William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
("The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", 1997), Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert was an influential Polish poet, essayist, drama writer, author of plays, and moralist. A member of the Polish resistance movement – Home Army during World War II, he is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers...
("The Soul of Mr. Cogito and Other Poems", 2001), Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa , was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic and translator described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.-Early years in Durban:On 13 July...
("Herostrato: The Quest for Immortality", 2002; "Marginalia", 2005), E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings , popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings , was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...
("33 x 3 x 33: Poems, Essays, Fragments", 2004), Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the Hartford insurance company in Connecticut.His best-known poems include "Anecdote of the Jar",...
, ("Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Other Poems", 2007), Michael Longley
Michael Longley
Michael Longley, CBE is a Northern Irish poet from Belfast.-Life and career:Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and subsequently read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited Icarus...
, ("Homer's Octopus and Other Poems", 2008).
He is the editor of the literary Greek journal "Ποιητική" (Poetics). His collection of poems "Adieu" (1996) has been translated into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
by David Connolly and published in the UK by Birmingham University Press (1998). A Selected Poems volume of his translated into German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
by Dadi Sideri Speck, into Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
by Hero Hokwerda and into Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
by Nicola Crocetti, has been published by "Romiosini Press" (2001), "Rotterdam Poetry International"(2000) and "Poesia" (2006) respectively. A selection of his poetry has been translated into Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
by Joaquim Jesti and published in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
by the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes. "Selected Poems" volumes of his, translated into German by Torsten Israel, into Dutch by Hero Hokwerda and into English by Mina Karavanta, were published by "Hanser" (with an introduction by Joachim Sartorius), by "Ovolos" and "Dedalus Publications" (with an introduction by Michael Longley) respectively. His poetry has also been translated into French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
, Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
, and Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
and has appeared in numerous Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an and America
United States
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n journals and anthologies.
He is Professor of History and History of Ideas at the American College of Greece
American College of Greece
The American College of Greece was founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor in 1875 and is the considered to be Europe’s oldest and largest, comprehensive, U.S.-accredited academic institution and the largest private institute of tertiary education in Greece...
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Poetry
- Ὑπνοβασίες ("Somnambulations") 1983. Greek
- Πωλητής θαυμάτων ("Pedlar of Miracles") 1985. Greek
- Τρόπος τοῦ λέγειν ("In a Manner of Speaking") 1986. Greek
- Η Νοσταλγία των Ουρανών ("The Nostalgia of the Skies"") 1991. Greek
- Adieu. Nefeli, 1996. ISBN 960-211-245-Χ Greek
- Adieu. Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies; University of Birmingham, 1998. ISBN 0-704418-86-X Greek and English.
- Ο Άγγελος της Ιστορίας ("The Angel of History") Nefeli, Athens 1999. ISBN 9602114363 Greek
- Der EngelEngelEngel means angel in some non-English languages and may refer to:* "Engel" , performed by Rammstein* Engel , a 2002 role-playing game* Engel , Swedish industrial/melodic death metal band* Engel group, in mathematics...
der Geschichte. Romiosini Verlag, Cologne 2001. ISBN 3-929889-48-X German translation - Μετά το Τέλος της Ομορφιάς ("After the End of Beauty") Nefeli, Athens, 2003. ISBN 960-211-672-2 Greek
- Nach dem Ende der Schonheit. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2007. ISBN 3446208712 German translation
- Affirmation: Selected Poems 1986-2006. Dedalus, Dublin 2007. ISBN 1904556655
- Διακοπές στην πραγματικότητα ("Vacation in Reality") Patakis, Athens, 2009. ISBN 978-960-16-3247-6
- Σονέτα της συμφοράς ("Sonnets of Despair"), Patakis, Athens, 2011. ISBN 978-960-16-4126-3
External links
- Search for Haris Vlavianos at National Library of Greece (in Greek language)
- Books by Haris Vlavianos at Greek Books in print (English)