Demetris Th. Gotsis (; October 26, 1945 — April 21, 2021) was a

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poet and author residing in

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. He studied Medicine at the

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and received musical education since his parents were trained opera singers.

Background

He specialized in

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, 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

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. 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

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and in

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. He was awarded the second prize for Poetry of the

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in 1995 and the first prize at the International Competition for Poetry of "Griechisch Kunst - und Literatur-Verein" in Munich, Germany in 2002. He is a founding member of the Paphos' Society of Littérateurs, a member of the Cyprus' Union of Littérateurs, member of

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-Cyprus and of the Association Internationale des Critiques Litéraires.

Works

Poetry

* The Yoke's Rod (''Έστωρ'',

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, 1989). * Vestments (''Ιμάτια'', Nicosia, 1990). * Songs of

Theodore Oesten Theodore Oesten (also ''Theodor'' in German) (not Theodore in German) (December 31, 1813 – March 16, 1870) was a German composer, musician, and music teacher."Oesten, Theodor." ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', J. A. Fuller Maitlan ...

(''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'',

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, Armos 2006).

Essays

* Essays about

Dionysios Solomos Dionysios Solomos (; ; 8 April 1798 – 9 February 1857) was a Greeks, Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet. He is best known for writing the ''Hymn to Liberty'' (, ''Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían''), whic ...

Andreas Kalvos Andreas Kalvos (; ; 1 April 1792 – 3 November 1869) was a Greek poet of the Romantic school. He published five volumes of poetry and drama: ''Canzone...'' (1811), ''Le Danaidi'' (1818), (1818), ''Lyra'' (1824) and ''New odes'' (1826). He was ...

, Konstantinos Kavafis,

Giorgos Seferis Giorgos or George Seferis (; ), the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and ...

, Demetris P. Papaditsas, Christos Malevitsis, Nikiphoros Vrettakos, Takis Varvitsiotis etc.

Theatre

* "Macedonian Women", Imitation of Old Greek Drama, 1991, performed in the Radio of

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Translations

Ιnto Greek: *

Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an Idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as ...

, "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'

2000). *

Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a Germans, German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticis ...

, "Poems, large selection in three parts", (''Ποιήματα, Μεγάλη Εκλογή σε Τρία Μέρη'', Athens, Armos 2002). * He has also translated other German and Austrian poets like:

Johannes Bobrowski Johannes Bobrowski (originally ''Johannes Konrad Bernhard Bobrowski''; 9 April 1917 – 2 September 1965) was a German lyric poet, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist. Life Bobrowski was born on 9 April 1917Bobrowski, Johannes (1984). ''S ...

Nelly Sachs Nelly Sachs (; 10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazism, Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearn ...

Peter Huchel Peter Huchel (April 3, 1903 – April 30, 1981), born Hellmut Huchel, was a German poet and editor. Life Huchel was born in Lichterfelde (now part of Berlin). From 1923 to 1926, Huchel studied literature and philosophy in Berlin, Freiburg and ...

Joachim Ringelnatz Joachim Ringelnatz is the pen name of the German author and painter Hans Bötticher (7 August 1883 in Wurzen, Saxony – 17 November 1934 in Berlin). From 1894 to 1900 he lived with his family in the Gottschedstrasse 40 in Leipzig. Profile Hi ...

Sarah Kirsch Sarah Kirsch (; 16 April 1935 – 5 May 2013) was a German poet. Biography Sarah Kirsch was originally born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony but had changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father's ...

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature b ...

Ilse Aichinger Ilse Aichinger (1 November 1921 – 11 November 2016) was an Austrians, Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.

Georg Trakl Georg Trakl (; 3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. He is perhaps best known for his poem " Grodek", which h ...

Stefan George Stefan Anton George (; 12 July 18684 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential liter ...

Music

* Foreign Works for Chorus with Greek verse, (''Ξένα Χορωδιακά Έργα με ελληνικό κείμενο''), foreword by Antonis Kontogeorgiou,

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, Ministry of Culture, Centre for Choruses, editions Papagregoriou-Naka

Athens, 1999.

External links

Μόνο στην Τρυφερότητα, περιοδικό "ΕΥΘΥΝΗ", τεύχος 342, Ιούνιος 2000Χ. Δ. Γουνελάς, Ο αγνός Φρήντριχ στην Πάτμο - Συστηματική ματιά στο corpus ενός μεγάλου φιλέλληνα λυρικού, Το Βήμα, 29 June 2003
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