Dimitris P. Kraniotis (; born 1966) is a contemporary Greek poet.
Biography D. P. Kraniotis (b. 15 July 1966) Poets.grNational Book Centre of Greece was born in Larissa prefecture in central Greece and grew up in Stomio (Larissa). He studied at the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki (Greece) and obtained a Master of Science (MSc) at the Medical School of the University of Thessaly (Greece). He lives and works as internal medicine specialist physician in Larissa (Greece).
He is the authorLibrary of Congress, Washington DC, USAVIAFWorldCat Identities of 12 poetry books in 7 languages (Greek, English, French, Romanian, Albanian, Italian, Spanish) and the Editor-in-chief of an international anthology in English (205 poets from 65 countries).
He has participated in several International Poetry Festivals.Medellin International Poetry Festival, Medellin, Colombia International Poetry Festival Orpheus, Plovdiv, BulgariaStruga Poetry Evenings, Struga, North Macedonia His poetry has been translated into 40 languages (English,The world's changing faces, Poetry Now, UK, 2005, , National Library of AustraliaWhispers in the wind, Poetry Now, UK, 2005, , National Library of AustraliaFree-falling - a collection of free verse from Poetry Now, Poetry Now, UK, 2006, , National Library of AustraliaHarvests of New Millennium, Cyberwit.net, India, 2005, Odyssey.pm (Mediterranean Poetry)"The Cannon’s Mouth" magazine, UK, 2006 French,Le Manoir des poètes, FranceGrèceHebdo Polish,"Miesiecznik Społecznosci Akademickiej" magazine, University of Zielona Góra, Poland Czech,Česká televize, Czech Republic Spanish,Elogio de la palabra, I.E.S. Albero, Seville, Spain, 2008, "Sur. Revista de Literatura" magazine, Málaga, Spain Turkish,"Söyleşi Üç Aylık Şiir Dergisi" magazine, Turkey Bulgarian,International Poetry Festival Orpheus, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Romanian, Italian, Albanian, Arabic, Serbian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, German, Slovak, Macedonian, Persian, Bengali, Kurdish, Vietnamese, Gujarati, Kazakh, Tamil, Danish, Swahili, Hebrew, Uzbek, Hungarian, Estonian, Ukrainian, Korean, Tajik, Hindi, Azerbaijani, Yoruba and Armenian) and published in many countries around the World.
In 2011 the 22nd World Congress of Poets took place in Larissa, Greece.United Poets Laureate International with D. P. Kraniotis as president. He also founded the 1st Mediterranean Poetry Festival in Larissa. He is member of several literary organizations (National Society of Greek Literary Writers, Hellenic Literary Society, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, World Poetry Movement, Poets of the Planet,Poets of the Planet World Poets Society, United Poets Laureate International, Poetas del Mundo, etc.). Also, he is Chairman of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Greece PEN Greece and editor of the international poetry magazine "World Poets Magazine" "World Poets Magazine" and the Greek poetry magazine "Poetics @ GR" (Τετράδιο Ποίησης)."Poetics @ GR" (Τετράδιο Ποίησης)
Poetry Ίχνη ("Traces") Larissa, Greece 1985National Library of GreeceLibrary of the Greek Parliament, AthensCentral Library, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiSociety for Macedonian Studies Library, ThessalonikiBiblioNet (Greek books in print) Greek Πήλινα πρόσωπα ("Clay faces") Larissa, Greece 1992 National Library of GreeceBiblioNet (Greek books in print) Greek Νοητή γραμμή ("Fictitious line") Emm. Lavdakis, Larissa, Greece 2005 National Library of GreeceLibrary of the Greek Parliament, AthensBiblioNet (Greek books in print) Greek - English and French translation Dunes-Dune ("Dunes") Orient Occident, Bucharest, Romania 2007 National Library of GreeceBiblioNet (Greek books in print) French and Romanian translation Ενδόγραμμα ("Endogram") Malliaris Paedia, Thessaloniki, Greece 2010 National Library of GreeceLibrary of the Greek Parliament, AthensCentral Library, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiSociety for Macedonian Studies Library, ThessalonikiBiblioNet (Greek books in print) Greek Edda ("Edda") Orient Occident, Bucharest, Romania 2010 BiblioNet (Greek books in print) French and Romanian translation Iluzione ("Illusions") Rawex Coms, Bucharest, Romania 2010, BiblioNet (Greek books in print) Albanian translation World Poetry 2011 (Anthology) United Poets Laureate International, Larissa, Greece 2011 BiblioNet (Greek books in print) English Foglie vocali ("Leaves vowels") Pluriversum Edizioni, Ferrara, Italy 2017 Italian translation Γραβάτα δημοσίας αιδούς ("Tie of public decency") Kedros, Athens, Greece 2018 Kedros Publishers, AthensBiblioNet (Greek books in print)WorldCatColumbia University Library, New York, USABavarian State Library, Munich, Germany Greek Menos uno ("Minus one") Padilla Libros, Seville, Spain 2022 Padilla Libros, Seville Spanish translation Ρυτίδες στον καφέ ("Wrinkles in the coffee") Kedros, Athens, Greece 2024 Kedros Publishers, Athens Greek Duke dëgjuar të njëjtin tingull ("Hearing the same sound") IWA Bogdani, Pristina, Kosovo 2025 IWA Bogdani, Kosovo Albanian
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