Dimitris P. Kraniotis is an award-winning Greek poet. He was born in in Stomio, a coastal town in central Greece. He studied at the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. He lives and works as a Medical Doctor (Internal Medicine Specialist) in Larissa, Greece.

He is President of the World Poets Society (W.P.S), Vice-President of the Larissa Medical Association "Hippocrates", Doctor of Literature (Litt. D.) by the World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC), Academician of the Academy Tiberina of Rome (Italy), Academician of the International Academy of Micenei (Italy), President of 22nd World Congress of Poets (Greece 2011) by United Poets Laureate International (UPLI), Ambassador of Poetas del Mundo to Greece, Ambassador of the Associacion of Writers and Artists of the Orb (ASEADLO) to Greece, Universal Peace Ambassador by the Universal Ambassador Peace Circle & the Universal Peace Embassy (Switzerland), Board Member of the Global Harmony Association (Russia), Responsible of the Red Mundial de Escritores en Espanol (REMES) to Greece, Poetry Ambassador (by the National Poetry Month Committee, USA), Love Ambassador (by the Love Foundation, USA), Editorial Director of the Greek medical magazine "Hippocrates", President of the Economic and Social Council of the Prefecture of Larissa, member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural Organization of the Larissa Prefecture (Responsible for Literature), member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazine "Graphi" of the Cultural Organization of the Larissa Municipality, Editor of the magazine "World Poet" and member of several literary organizations (Hellenic Literary Society, National Society of Greek Literary Writers, International Society of Greek Writers, Greek PEN Club, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, World Academy of Arts & Culture, United Poets Laureate International, International Writers & Artists Association (IWA), World Union of Writing Physicians (UMEM), Academy of American Poets, Poetry Society of America, etc).

He is the author of 4 poetry books: "Traces" (poems in Greek, Larissa, Greece 1985), "Clay Faces" (poems in Greek, Larissa, Greece, 1992 ), "Fictitious Line" (poems in Greek and translated into English and French, Larissa, Greece 2005) & "Dunes" (poems translated into French and Romanian, Bucharest, Romania 2007).

Central theme in his poetry is contemporary man, his impasse, his worries, his fears, his hopes and dreams.

He has won many awards for his poetry which has been translated and published in many countries.

His poems have been translated into English, French, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian), Albanian, Dutch, Turkish & Portuguese.

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Fictitious line

Smokes
of cigarettes
and mugs
full of coffee,
next
to the fictitious line
where the eddy
of words
leans against
and nods,
wounded,
to my silence.



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