Konstantinos Dimitriadis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης; 20 March 1931 – 11 August 2020), better known by his pen name Dinos Christianopoulos (Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος), was a Greek contemporary and post-war poet, novelist, folklorist, and scholar.[1] He was also a music scholar who wrote about rebetiko.[2]
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| Born | Konstantinos Dimitriadis March 20, 1931 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Died | August 11, 2020 (aged 89) Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
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As Christianopoulos, he is widely known for writing the couplet: "They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."[3]
Biography
editDimitriadis was born in Thessaloniki on 20 March 1931, the son of a refugee from East Thrace. He received a degree in Classical Studies from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki[4] in 1955. He worked as a librarian from 1958 to 1965.
His first poem Age of Lean Cows was published in 1947. He was influenced by Constantine P. Cavafy[5][6] and T.S. Eliot. Dimitriadis was gay, but he never claimed his sexuality.[7] He was awarded the 2011 National Grand Prix for Literature, but refused to pick it up.[8] Aristotle University of Thessaloniki awarded him an honorary doctorate in June 2011.
He died on 11 August 2020 at the age of 89.[9] His work was donated to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bibliography
edit- Season of the Lean Cows, 1950
- Indefensible Yearning, 1960
- Fresh Water Stories, 1980
- The Body and the Wormwood
- The downward turn: Fourteen short stories, 1994
References
edit- ^ Στον Ντίνο Χριστιανόπουλο το Μεγάλο Βραβείο Γραμμάτων 2011 (in Greek)
- ^ "Dinos Christianopoulos, "The Poet of Thessaloniki," Was Rebetiko Scholar". GreekReporter.com. Greek Reporter. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Ponders, Ash (27 March 2021). "On Buried Seeds: The history of 'They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.'". Medium. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος, o αιρετικός της Θεσσαλονίκης (in Greek)
- ^ Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος: «Δεν έβγαλα ούτε μια δραχμή από την ποίηση» (in Greek)
- ^ Demosthenes Kurtovic, "Greek Post-War Writers", Patakis Publications, 2nd ed., Athens 1999, p. 274
- ^ Η ζωή και ο θάνατος του Ντίνου Χριστιανόπουλου (in Greek)
- ^ Ο Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος αρνήθηκε το Μεγάλο Βραβείο Γραμμάτων Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
- ^ Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος (in Greek)
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