Kiki Dimoula facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Kiki Dimoula
Κική Δημουλά |
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Dimoula in 2011
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| Born | Vasiliki Radou 6 June 1931 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 22 February 2020 (aged 88) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Period | 1952–2020 |
| Spouse | Athos Dimoulas (1921–1985) |
Vasiliki “Kiki” Dimoula (born Vasiliki Radou; June 6, 1931 – February 22, 2020) was a famous Greek poet. She made history by being the first woman poet to have her work published by Gallimard, a very important French publisher.
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Kiki Dimoula's Poetry: Themes and Style
Kiki Dimoula's poems often explored feelings like insecurity and missing things. She wrote about everyday topics, from a "Marlboro boy" to mobile phones. She used words in surprising ways, sometimes twisting grammar to make her poems more powerful. Even with serious themes, her poems always kept a sense of hope.
Her poetry has been translated into many languages. These include English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, and Italian. In 2014, a magazine called Tinpahar published some of her well-known poems translated into English.
Awards and Recognition
Kiki Dimoula received many important awards for her writing. She won the Greek State Prize twice, first in 1971 and again in 1988. She also received the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize in 1994. In 2001, she earned the Αριστείο Γραμμάτων from the Academy of Athens.
In 2009, she was given the European Prize for Literature. This is a big honor for writers in Europe. Since 2002, Dimoula was also a member of the Academy of Athens. This is Greece's highest academic institution.
About Kiki Dimoula's Life
Before becoming a full-time poet, Kiki Dimoula worked as a clerk. She worked for the Bank of Greece. She was married to another poet named Athos Dimoulas. They had two children together.
List of Kiki Dimoula's Works
Here are some of the poetry collections Kiki Dimoula published:
- Ποιήματα (Poems), 1952
- Έρεβος (Erebus), 1956
- Ερήμην (In absentia), 1958
- Επί τα ίχνη (On the trail), 1963
- Το λίγο του κόσμου (The Little of the World), 1971
- Το Τελευταίο Σώμα μου (My last body), 1981
- Χαίρε ποτέ (Farewell Never), 1988
- Η εφηβεία της Λήθης (Lethe's Adolescence), 1996
- Eνός λεπτού μαζί (One Minute's Together), 1998
- Ήχος απομακρύνσεων (Departure's Sound), 2001
- Χλόη θερμοκηπίου (Glass-house lawn), 2005
- Μεταφερθήκαμε παραπλεύρως (We moved next door), 2007
- Συνάντηση (Meeting), 2007 (This book was an anthology with seventy-three paintings by John Psychopedis)
- Έρανος Σκεψεων, 2009
- Τα εύρετρα, 2010
- Δημόσιος Καιρός, 2014
See also
In Spanish: Kikí Dimulá para niños
