Giannis Efthimiadis

Yannis Efthymiadis was born in Piraeus in 1969. He studied Classical Philology (University of Athens, Department of Classical Philology, 1991) and completed postgraduate studies in ancient Greek drama. He has published nine poetry collections (Stigma, private edition 2004; Kainos Diaritis, Nefeli 2007; Letters to the Prince, Mikri Arktos 2010; 27 or The Man Who Falls, Mikri Arktos 2012; On Your Body, Mikri Arktos 2014; Patreida, Ikaros 2018; Alkinos, Nefeli 2021; The Familiar Darkness, Nefeli 2022; Homo Erectus, Nefeli 2024), two plays (Achilles in Hades, Nefeli 2022 and Oidikasti, Nefeli 2023), and one literary essay (12 Texts in Dialogue with The Monogram of Odysseas Elytis, Kaligrafos 2014). He has translated works by English and American poets. His poems have been included in Greek and foreign anthologies and translated into English, French, German, Italian, and Arabic. Additionally, the poetry cycles The Crystal of the World (Metronomos 2016) and Alkinos (Metronomos 2021) have been set to music and recorded. He works as an educator, has published philological books for secondary education, and collaborates with literary magazines, both print and online.
From 2015 to 2020, he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (in the first engraving workshop under Professor Giannis Gourzis). He has presented his printmaking works in two solo exhibitions and participated in nine group exhibitions. His artistic focus is on lithography and watercolor.