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Palazzo Reale/ Campania Festival libri: torna la rassegna internazionale (5 – 8 ottobre). Tra gli ospiti, il greco Lyacos in corsa per il Nobel event link

Alla poesia straniera sarà dedicato lo spazio “Poesia sconfinata”.

Si comincia con Dimitris Lyacos, il maggior poeta greco contemporaneo, che reciterà i suoi versi intervallato da un coro alpino ...

DIMITRIS LYACOS AT 2022 INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL BUCHARESTA dialogue with his Romanian translator Victor Ivanovic

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

READING AT BEYOND BAROQUE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIAMay 30, 2019 @ 8:00 pm Read article at beyondbaroque

RINCON UNIT and WHETSTONE UNIT See website RINCON UNIT See website WHETSTONE UNIT

READING AT MALVERN BOOKS, AUSTIN, TEXASMay 23, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Read article at malvernbooks

READING AT RM220, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANAMay 17, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmDimitris Lyacos: Poena Damni  read article antenna.works

Transpoesie 2018 - Brussels October 2018 - Reading at the Balassi Institute - 11 October 2018, 8pm

Café poétique organisé par le Centre d'Animations de Lesparre-Médoc. for more info visit this link events365.fr

POETS LIVE, Paris. A reading on the occasion of the second edition of The First Death featuring Dimitris Lyacos and his French translator Michel Volkovitch. 17 December 2017, 19.00, Paris, France.

Tbilisi International Festival of Literature. 29 May-3 June 2017.Meeting with Dimitris Lyacos (Greece/Italy) moderated by Davit Gabunia. Language: English/Georgian. 31 May 2017, 7.00 pm.Venue: Wine Hall at National Parliamentary Library

Post-Crash Irish Writing and Culture. With Billy Ramsell and Ailbhe Ni Ghearbhuigh moderated by Dr. Michael O' Sullivan.May 27, 11.45-13.15, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of English.A reading at the Irish Consulate, Hong Kong. With Trevor Joyce, Billy Ramsell and Ailbhe Ni Ghearbhuigh. Hosted by Peter Ryan, Consul General of Ireland. May 27, 19.00-22.00. Writing and Re-writing the trilogy. An evening with Dimitris Lyacos.Ragged Claws Reading Series, June 2, 19.00-20.30, Art and Culture Outreach, Hong Kong..

USA Reading Series April/May 2014:Spring 2014 Visiting Authors Readings. The YMCA'S Downtown Writer's Center, Syracuse NY, 25 April 2014, 7pm.Walking with Whitman reading series. Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, Long Island NY, 3 May 2014, 5-7pm. With George Wallace. "Meet the Poets Reception" to follow. Book nowPoetry: The art of words. With Faye George. Brockton Arts Center, Plymouth MA, 4 May 2014, 11.30am - 3.30pm.Stone Soup Reading Series. With Dennis Daly. Out of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge MA, 5 May 2014, 8pm.Cervena Barva Press Reading Series, Boston MA, 6 May 2014 7pm

Dimitris Lyacos is 2012 Writer in Residence at the International Writing Program, University of Iowa. Details of events and readings in the context of his participation will be announced as planned. For more details check IWP official and linked websites. Highlights include:WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE BRIDGE. (Global Express performance). Directed by Saffron Henke. University of Iowa Theatre Building, 23 September 2012, 7.30 pmDimitris Lyacos' lecture at the Proseminar in Cinema and Film. Becker Communication Studies Building, 10 October 2012, 6.30 pm. (Instructor Dimitris S. Latsis).Poena Damni. A reading from the trilogy. Shambaugh House reading series, 17 October 2012, 5.00pm. With Jeffrey Paparoa Holman.International Literature Today. Dimitris Lyacos' lecturing on the Poena Damni trilogy. Gilmore Hall, 5 November 2012, 3.30 pm.

The Poetry Institute - New Haven. The Institute Library, New Haven, CT, May 19, 2011 at 7:00 PM.

Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, 15 May 2011

Somerset Poetry reading series, New Jersey, May 3, 2011. (With Jawanza Phoenix and Phoebe Wilcox).

Huntington Poetry Barn, Huntington Historical Society Barn, Long Island NY. May 20 2011.

Reading at John Calder's bookshop, London, 10 March 2011, 7pm. (Readers: Shorsha Sullivan & Peter Marinker).

Reading in Prague. Alchemy , 9 January 2011, 8pm.

Z213: EXIT. Premiere of the contemporary musical performance based on the homonymous book. Music composed by Maria Aloupi and Andreas Diktyopoulos, performed by Das Neue Ensemble (Wojciech Garbowski violin, Karsten Dehning-Bussevioloncello). Staged by Dimitris Lignadis. Athens, 9 October 2010, Melina Merkouri Theatre, Ilion 8.30 pm.

Z213: EXIT in Zeitkunst festival. An evening with German poet and publisher Johannes Frank including piano soloist Caspar Frantzperforming Frescobaldi, Bach, Brahms, Kurtág. 4 September 2010, About, Athens 8pm.

Greek-Irish Literary Symposium, 12 December 2008, Melina Merkouri Theatre, Ilion, Athens. With the participation of Tassos Denegris, Nanos Valaoritis, Kevin   Higgins, Patrick Chapman, Susan Millar DuMars..

Reading tour in Germany on the occasion of the German publication of The First Death: Literaturcafe Tuebingen, 17 June 2008, 8.00 pmGalerie Melnikow Heidelberg, 14 June 2008 8.00 pmWilhelm-Franger-Institut Potsdam,12 June 2008 8.00 pmGriechische Kulturstiftung Berlin, 9 June 2008 8.00 pmZebrano Theater Berlin 6 June 2008 8.00 pm.

The Western Writers Center, Oranmore Library, Galway, 26th September 2007.Over the Edge Poetry Reading Series, Sheridan's Wine Bar, Galway City, 27th   September 2007.Tigh Filν Gallery, Cork Arts Theatre, Cork, 1st October 2007..

Sat. May 12th 2:00pm at the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival  meeting at Woodstock Town Hall (76 Tinker Street)Thu. May 17 6:30pm, The Bowery Poetry Club.Sat May 19 at the Cornelia Street Cafe. May 21st at The Colony Cafe, 22 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY (845)679-5342.

Dimitris Lyacos "Nyctivoe", Nikos Karouzos "Collected Poems". A launch of the English translations published by Shoestring Press, featuring Shorsha Sullivan,   Philip Ramp (translators) and Shoestring Press publisher John Lucas.  The Hellenic American Union, 2 May 2007.

Nyctivoe. A reading at John Calder Bookstore, London, 1 March 2007.

Greek-Austrian Literary Symposium. With Tassos Denegris, Nanos Valaoritis,  Ferdinand Schmatz, Sabine Gruber, Christoph W. Bauer. Melina Merkouri Theatre, Athens 8 December 2006.

A lecture on Poena Damni at Ruskin School, University of Oxford16 November   2006.

Nyctivoe. A reading at Rosa Literaturkafe, Berlin 5 November 2006.

Nyctivoe. A reading at P&P, Prague, 24 September 2006.

Nyctivoe: A reading at the Torriano Club, London. 28 May 2006.

Nyctivoe: A contemporary dance performance based on the book, by Myia DC.   Premiere April 2006, Athens; following performances in Krete and Zakynthos.

Nyctivoe - Lecture. University of Amsterdam, Holland, 10 February 2006.

Nyctivoe Installation in the  Audio Art Festival, Krakow, Poland, 13 November 2005.

Nyctivoe - Launch of English edition. ACF, London, 2 November 2005

Nyctivoe - Reading at Muses Festival, Spetses, Greece, 8 July 2005.

Nyctivoe Installation. Spitzeloven Theater, Stadt Gallerie, Wolfsberg, Austria,   15-16 June and 1-15 July 2005.

Nyctivoe Installation. First International Art Forum, Ilion, Greece, 1–24 April   2005.

Nyctivoe Installation. Cheapart Gallery, Athens, Greece, 4-24 October 2004.

The First Death – A reading at Calder Bookstore, London, 9 September 2004.

The First Death (With Tassos Denegris) - A Reading at Muses Festival, Spetses, Greece, 6 July 2004.

Nyctivoe Installation. Camberwell Arts Festival, London, 16-26 June 2004.

The First Death - A reading at Border's Bookstore, Charing Cross, London, 27   May 2004.

The First Death - Readings in North California:10 March 2004, Lyon Books, Chico.March 12, Avid Reader Bookstore, Davis. March 18, City Gallery, Point Arena. March 21, Poet's Corner, Stockton.

The Nyctivoe Installation. Text by Dimitris Lyacos, sculptures by Fritz Unegg,   coordinated by Piers Burton-Page, produced by the Austrian Cultural Forum. 3-19   March 2004. Preview Tuesday 2 March,The ACF Gallery, London.

Nyctivoe, The Making of. Goethe Institute, London. 13 November 2003, 7.30pm.

The First Death - A reading at the Torriano Club, London. 1 June 2003, 7.30pm.

A reading at the Tate Library, London. 27 February 2003.

The First Death at the St. Ives Festival, 12 September 2002.

The First Death at The Round Festival, Wimborne, 27 July 2002.

Nyctivoe, launch in Vienna. Silvie Proidl Gallery, 23 May 2002.

Two readings at Wandsworth Prison. 25,26 March 2002.

Nyctivoe – The London launch. 28 February 2002, The Andipa Gallery, London.

Launch of Poena Damni – Nyctivoe (Greek – German edition) at the 53rd   Frankfurter Buchmesse. 11 October 2001.

A lecture on poetry and communication. University of Trieste, 18 May 2001.

The First Death (poetry reading). Compendium bookstore, Athens, 26 April 2001.

A lecture on translating poetry (MA Seminar). With Tassos Denegris. University of   Nottingham-Trent, 19 March 2001.

A reading of The First Death (English), organised by the Austrian Cultural Institute, London, 7 November 2000.

London launch of The First Death (English). Organised by the Greek Embassy in   London, 3 July 2000.

Launch of the UK publication of The First Death. Pataki Publishers'bookshop,   Athens 21 April 2000.

A colloquium on The first death, at the University of Trieste. Under the  auspices of the Greek Consulate in Trieste. 20 March 2000 Trieste, Italy.

Poetryfest 98, Aberystwyth, Wales. Guest International Poet. 9-12 July 1998.

Nyctivoe, 1st Act, performed at the Andipa Gallery in the context of the festival Greece in Britain, under the auspices of the Greek Embassy in London. 28 May 1998.

Presentation of The first death, at Ateneo Veneto, Venice, in collaboration with  the Austrian Consulate and the Institute of Byzantine and Postbyzantine Studies. 28 October 1997.

Nyctivoe, 1st Act, performed at the October Gallery, in collaboration with De Nova Da Capo Records and the Foundation for Hellenic Culture.15 May 1997.

Launch of The First Death by the Foundation for Hellenic Culture and The Austrian Cultural Institute, London 11 October 1996.