Demetris Th. Gotsis (Greek: Δημήτρης Θ. Γκότσης) is a Greek poet and author residing in Cyprus. He was born on 26 October 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received musical education since his parents were trained opera singers. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Coordinates 40°38′ N 22°57′ E Country Greece Periphery Central Macedonia Prefecture Thessaloniki [1] Population 352,658 source (2006) Metropolitan area population 976. ... The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often referred to in English as Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. ...

He specialized in Germany, where he worked for several years. His first collection of Poetry was published when he was already 44. Since 1986 he has been living in Paphos, Cyprus. Lyrics of Gotsis were compiled in French, English, German, Spanish and Finnish Anthologies. Also, poems of Gotsis originally written in German, have been published in anthologies in Munich and in Kiel. He was awarded the Second Price for Poetry of the Republic of Cyprus in 1995 and the First Price at the International Competition for Poetry of "Griechisch Kunst - und Literatur-Verein" in Munich, Germany in 2002. Paphos, usually written Paphos or Paphus in English, (Ancient Greek: ; Modern Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Latin: Paphus, and for a time, Augusta; Turkish: Baf, formerly Baffa) is a coastal town in the southwest of Cyprus. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: ). Munich is Germanys third largest city and one of Europes most prosperous. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ...

He is a founding member of the Paphos' Society of Literateurs, a member of the Cyprus' Union of Literateurs, member of PEN Club-Cyprus and of the Association Internationale des Critiques Litéraires. Logo of International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as...

Works

Poetry

• The Yoke's Rod (Έστωρ, Nicosia, 1989).
• Vestments (Ιμάτια, Nicosia, 1990).
• Songs of Theodore Oesten (Του Έστεν τα τραγούδια), Children's poetry for Oesten's music in Greek, Nicosia, 1991.
• ...and highland is the Garden (...και Ορεινός ο Κήπος, Nicosia, 1992).
• Yard of Easter, Songs for the Imprisoned Graves (Αυλή του Πάσχα, Άσματα για τα Φυλακισμένα Μνήματα), foreword by Takis Varvitsiotis, Nicosia, 1994). Prize for Poetry of the Republic of Cyprus, 1995.
• The Journey’s Ends (Ταξιδίου Τέρματα, Nicosia, 1998).
• About the Darkness (Της Ευφρόνης, Nicosia, 2001).
• Concentric in Three Persons (Ομόκεντρον σε Τρία Πρόσωπα, Nicosia, 2003).
• Traveling with Malte (Ταξιδεύοντας με τον Μάλτε, Athens, Armos 2006).

Cover of Traveling with Malte.

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Essays

• Essays about Dionysios Solomos, Andreas Kalvos, Konstantinos Kavafis, Giorgos Seferis, Demetris P. Papaditsas, Christos Malevitsis, Nikiphoros Vrettakos, Takis Varvitsiotis etc.

Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857) was a Greek poet from Zakynthos. ... Andreas Kalvos (Greek: Ἀνδρέας Κάλβος; 1792 - November 3, 1869) was a contemporary of Dionysios Solomos and one of the greatest Greek writers of the 19th century. ... Cover of Complete Poems of Seferis Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης) (February 19, 1900 – September 20, 1971) was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate. ...

Theatre

• "Macedonian Women", Imitation of Old Greek Drama, 1991, performed in the Radio of Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου) or CyBC (ΡΙΚ) is Cyprus public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. ...

Translations

Ιnto Greek:

• Rainer Maria Rilke, "The Sonnets to Orpheus" -together with Andreas Petrides- (Τα Σονέττα στον Ορφέα, Nicosia, 1995) and "The Elegies of Duino", (Οι Ελεγείες του Ντουίνο, Athens, Armos[1], 2000).

Cover of The Elegies of Duino, translated by Gotsis.

• Friedrich Hölderlin, "Poems, large selection in three parts", (Ποιήματα, Μεγάλη Εκλογή σε Τρία Μέρη, Athens, Armos 2002).

Cover of Hölderlin's Poems, translated by Gotsis.

• He has also translated other German and Austrian poets like: Johannes Bobrowski, Nelly Sachs, Peter Huchel, Joachim Ringelnatz, Sarah Kirsch, Ingeborg Bachmann, Ilse Aichinger, Georg Trakl, Stefan George.

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Music

• * Foreign Works for Chorus with Greek verse, (Ξένα Χορωδιακά Έργα με ελληνικό κείμενο), foreword by Antonis Kontogeorgiou, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture, Centre for Choruses, editions Papagregoriou-Nakas[2], Athens, 1999.

// July 1 — Scotlands Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns A Mans a Man For AThat, instead of God Save The Queen The Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award is established at the Fifth Annual West Chester University Poetry Conference. ...

External Links

Μόνο στην Τρυφερότητα, περιοδικό "ΕΥΘΥΝΗ", τεύχος 342, Ιούνιος 2000

Χ. Δ. Γουνελάς, Ο αγνός Φρήντριχ στην Πάτμο - Συστηματική ματιά στο corpus ενός μεγάλου φιλέλληνα λυρικού, Το Βήμα, 29/06/2003.