Stavros Vavouris (; 1925 – 7 November 2008)

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poet.

Biography

Stavros Vavouris was born in

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, in 1925, suffering a

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.Vavouris, Stavros
"Eurídice,"
''La Jornada Semanal'' 679, Mexico City: March 9, 2008. He published his first poem entitled ''Chimera'' (''Χίμαιρα'') in the journal ''Juvenile Voice'' (''Νεανική Φωνή'')."Κατηγορίες: Βαβούρης, Σταύρος"
''Βιβλιοπωλείο Λεμόνι'', accessed on March 9, 2008. He graduated in Literature, History and Architecture at the

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in 1952. In the same year he published his first collection of poetry entitled ''Here You Imagine Gallops and Waves'' (''Εδώ φαντάσου καλπασμούς και κύματα''). He taught in several schools in different parts of Greece and Athens. He worked at the Ministry of Education from 1964 to 1967. He was appointed a high school director in 1980 and remained in that positions until 1984, when he had to quit due to health problems. He authored twelve books which have been translated into

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Works

* ''Here You Imagine Gallops and Waves'' (''Εδώ φαντάσου καλπασμούς και κύματα'', 1952) * ''Poems'' (''Ποιήματα'', 1977) * ''Carmina Profana'' (1983) * ''Instantaneous: We'' (''Τα ακαριαία: εμείς (1980-1984), 1984'') * ''Που πάει, που με πάει αυτό το ποίημα'' (1985) * ''Ημέρες, νύχτες που ναι τες;'' (1987) * ''Πού πήγε, ως πού πήγε αυτό το ποίημα'' (1998) * ''Also This? Perhaps'' (''Κι αυτά; Ίσως'', 1999)

References

1925 births 2008 deaths Poets from Athens National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni 20th-century Greek poets Greek male poets 20th-century Greek male writers {{Greece-poet-stub