Stephanos Papadopoulos
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Stephanos Papadopoulos is a Greek
-American
poet
and translator.
, (Sheep Meadow Press, 2009). He is editor and co-translator (with Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke) of Derek Walcott’s Selected Poems published by Kastianiotis Press, 2007. He is currently completing, The Black Sea, a book length collection about the Black Sea Greeks of Asia Minor.
His work has been published in periodicals
such as the Yale Review
, Poetry Review
, Stand Magazine, The New Republic
and many others.
He has translated works of the Greek poets, Yiannis Ritsos
, Kostas Karyotakis
, and Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke. He is editor
and co-translator of Derek Walcott
in Greek, Selected Poems in 2007. Selections of his work have been translated into Greek
, Italian
, Spanish
, and French
.
He was born in North Carolina
in 1976 and was raised in Paris
and Athens
. He holds a degree in classical archaeology
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
.
ISBN 978-1-931357-71-5 Hotel-Dieu, Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2009, Sheep Meadow Press, New York
, 2006 Kastaniotis Editions, Athens
, Greece
“Stephanos Papadopoulos has several qualities as a poet, one of the most conspicuous being his talent for the elegiac, his ability to bring to life memories and artefacts from times past, ‘before the gods became a circus out of work’. ‘Some things will not collapse,’ he winks at Sextus Propertius, and, in his poetry, they don’t. ‘If I am to have a talent,’ he writes, ‘let it be this…and hold a vision true, to a moment’s epiphany…’ Stephanos Papadopoulos has that talent.” [Bengt Jangfeldt]
“This first collection is a breath of meltemi, (wind) blowing away the stuffiness of so much current poetry…It is easy to see him following in Seferis’s footsteps but in the landscape of our own time…There is sometimes a nicely melancholy tone to Papadopoulos’s work which puts him in the great tradition of poetic sorrows. But the elegance and flair in these poems makes the reader look forward to his next volume. Leviathan is wise to publish him.”
[Anne Born, Tears in the Fence]
“…When I first read Lost Days by Stephanos Papadopoulos, I was struck not only by the quality of the poetry itself but also by the atmosphere of universality that permeates the book. While the diction remains American, the poems move with great ease from Paris to Greece, to Sweden to New York. This tone and attitude denote of course, not a school of art but a testimony of a life’s experience." [Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke] (winner of the Greek National Award for Poetry)
“…A streetwise, well-traveled ‘penseroso’. He has a distinctive body of subject matter. He has a sharp eye…work so exceptionally rich in atmosphere and observation.” [Robert Saxton, Poetry Review]
"...In his poetry, the melancholy of the modern finds its beauty in loss itself. Papadopoulos catches this beauty in poem after poem, while his poetry swims for joy in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Aegean. This beautiful contradiction makes [Hotel-Dieu] a great pleasure to read and reread..." [Stanley Moss]
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
-American
United States
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poet
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and translator.
Biography
Stephanos Papadopoulos is the author of, Lost Days, (Leviathan Press, 2001), and Hôtel-DieuHôtel-Dieu
Hôtel-Dieu is the old name given to the principal hospital in French towns, for instance:*The Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon, created in 1478...
, (Sheep Meadow Press, 2009). He is editor and co-translator (with Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke) of Derek Walcott’s Selected Poems published by Kastianiotis Press, 2007. He is currently completing, The Black Sea, a book length collection about the Black Sea Greeks of Asia Minor.
His work has been published in periodicals
Periodical publication
Periodical literature is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar examples are the newspaper, often published daily, or weekly; or the magazine, typically published weekly, monthly or as a quarterly...
such as the Yale Review
Yale Review
The Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
, Poetry Review
Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of poetry".The Society was founded in London in February 1909 as the Poetry Recital Society, becoming the Poetry Society in 1912...
, Stand Magazine, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
and many others.
He has translated works of the Greek poets, Yiannis Ritsos
Yiannis Ritsos
Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek poet and left-wing activist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II.-Early life:...
, Kostas Karyotakis
Kostas Karyotakis
Kostas Karyotakis is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece. His poetry conveys a great deal of nature, imagery and traces of expressionism and surrealism...
, and Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke. He is editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
and co-translator of Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott
Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
in Greek, Selected Poems in 2007. Selections of his work have been translated into Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
.
He was born in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
in 1976 and was raised in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. He holds a degree in classical archaeology
Classical archaeology
Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the great Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about in Latin and Greek texts...
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
.
Poetry Books
ISBN 1-903563-07-0 Lost Days, Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2001 Leviathan Press, UK, Rattapallax Press, NYISBN 978-1-931357-71-5 Hotel-Dieu, Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2009, Sheep Meadow Press, New York
Translations
ISBN 960-03-4267-9 Selected Poems, Derek WalcottDerek Walcott
Derek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
, 2006 Kastaniotis Editions, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
Critical References
“…One can hardly fail to notice the sensuality of Stephanos Papadopoulos’ Lost Days. Frequently through flashing (but not flashy) metaphor, Papadopoulos creates too a sense of the infinite and intangible aspects of the world…Papadopoulos is able to pay tribute to such poets as Montale, cavafy and Brodsky without ever seeming dwarfed or dominated by them." [Anthony Haynes, The Tablet, London]“Stephanos Papadopoulos has several qualities as a poet, one of the most conspicuous being his talent for the elegiac, his ability to bring to life memories and artefacts from times past, ‘before the gods became a circus out of work’. ‘Some things will not collapse,’ he winks at Sextus Propertius, and, in his poetry, they don’t. ‘If I am to have a talent,’ he writes, ‘let it be this…and hold a vision true, to a moment’s epiphany…’ Stephanos Papadopoulos has that talent.” [Bengt Jangfeldt]
“This first collection is a breath of meltemi, (wind) blowing away the stuffiness of so much current poetry…It is easy to see him following in Seferis’s footsteps but in the landscape of our own time…There is sometimes a nicely melancholy tone to Papadopoulos’s work which puts him in the great tradition of poetic sorrows. But the elegance and flair in these poems makes the reader look forward to his next volume. Leviathan is wise to publish him.”
[Anne Born, Tears in the Fence]
“…When I first read Lost Days by Stephanos Papadopoulos, I was struck not only by the quality of the poetry itself but also by the atmosphere of universality that permeates the book. While the diction remains American, the poems move with great ease from Paris to Greece, to Sweden to New York. This tone and attitude denote of course, not a school of art but a testimony of a life’s experience." [Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke] (winner of the Greek National Award for Poetry)
“…A streetwise, well-traveled ‘penseroso’. He has a distinctive body of subject matter. He has a sharp eye…work so exceptionally rich in atmosphere and observation.” [Robert Saxton, Poetry Review]
"...In his poetry, the melancholy of the modern finds its beauty in loss itself. Papadopoulos catches this beauty in poem after poem, while his poetry swims for joy in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Aegean. This beautiful contradiction makes [Hotel-Dieu] a great pleasure to read and reread..." [Stanley Moss]