DIMITRIS
LYACOS

3-BOOK BOX SET

THE TRILOGY

POENA DAMNI

Z213: EXIT

POENA DAMNI

WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE BRIDGE

POENA DAMNI

THE FIRST DEATH

Welcome to the official compendium of information and resources on the contemporary author Dimitris Lyacos. Along with news on current publications, here you will find regular updates on readings and other events as well as reviews and interviews in journals and other literary sources.

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THE ASININE GOAT
NIGHT AND DAY IN THE TOMBS

Feb 2022 | the trilogy in other media

THE ASININE GOATNIGHT AND DAY IN THE TOMBSMUSIC INSPIRED BY THE POENA DAMNI TRILOGY9 TRACK ALBUM/50 MINRELEASED FEBRUARY 3, 2022

THE ASININE GOAT
THE TEMPEST THAT WINTERED ON THE MARSH

Feb 2022 | the trilogy in other media

THE ASININE GOATTHE TEMPEST THAT WINTERED ON THE MARSHMUSIC INSPIRED BY THE POENA DAMNI TRILOGY3 TRACK ALBUM/ 15.30 MINRELEASED MAY 12, 2021

INTERVIEW - WORLD LITERATURE TODAY
A World to Be Repaired by Toti O’Brien

Oct 2021 | publications

In 2019 I interviewed Dimitris Lyacos on the occasion of the US tour/launch of his trilogy, Poena Damni, which had been recently released in the English complete edition. When we met, he had just read for the inmates of a few Arizona prisons. He had also visited for the first time Los Angeles’s “Skid Row,” which reviewers of his work had compared, on occasion, to the setting of his second book, With the People from the Bridge. [...]

A VIDEO REVIEW
By Chris Via

Oct 2021 | media appearances

A video review by Chris Via.Carpe librum! - Leaf by Leaf

DIMITRIS LYACOS AT POLIP INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Polip Festival

Sep 2021 | READINGS & EVENTS

32.30 MIN - 42.19 MINOfficial opening of the polip festival - READINGS Youtube Video

POLIP FESTIVAL
PANEL DISCUSSION

Aug 2021 | media appearances

Which books help us understand the world in 2021?  Panelists: Slavenka Drakulić (CRO), Dimitris Lyacos (GR), Nikola Madžirov (MKD)  Moderator: Alida Bremer