Danae Sioziou is a multilingual poet, cultural manager and educator interested in the intersection of arts, education and politics. She studied Literature, Cultural Management and European History in Athens, London and Berlin. She was co-editor of the literary journal Teflon. Her poems have been translated in twelve languages. The poetry collection Useful Children Games is her first and was published by Antipodes Editions. She was awarded the State Prize for Young Writers and the Jiannis Varveris’ Prize for Young Writers by Hellenic Writers’ Society. She has also been included in many anthologies. Her recent professional work in this field includes the literary workshop and event “AC-Biblio” bringing together publishers, writers and performers from Germany and Greece. The workshop and pop up festival “AC-Biblio” was supported by Transfer International Kulturstiftung Bonn and was followed by the first European Literature Festival Kalk in Cologne. https://danaesioziou.wordpress.com/
Literary Activities
In July 2015 she participated in the performance by Adonis Volanakis “Penelodiad: anAbstract” (based on the book by Margaret Atwood) which was shown in the Festival ofAthens. In May 2016 she was featured along with seven other Greek poets in the grouppresentation by The Guardian (“Meet the Greek writers revolutionising poetry in the age of austerity”). In October 2016 she participated in to the cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary art residency “Common Platforms” at the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, bringing together artists from Greece, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Argentina, Spain, and Great Britain. In 2017 she participated in Goranovo Proljeće Poetry Festival in Croatia. In March 2018 (German newspaper ZEIT and the Robert Bosch Stiftung Institute) participated in Platform21 in the International Bookfair of Leipzig in Germany. In August 2018 participated in Struga Poetry Festival in Northern Macedonia and in October 2018 participated in Druskininkai Poetic Fall in Lithuania. In December 2018 she participated in the educational programme for schools “Cavafy goes to School” running the workshop “A poem, a picture, an edition”, In January 2019 she co-organised the literary workshop and event “AC-Biblio” bringing together publishers, writers and performers from Germany and Greece. The workshop and pop up festival “AC-Biblio” was supported by Transfer International Kulturstiftung Bonn and was followed by the first European Literature Festival Kalk in Cologne.
- Article about the history of LGBTQ+ movements, groups, history in Greece 1974-2004 http://www.chronosmag.eu/index.php/e-s-f-pf-e-esps-g-fl-sxl-s-th.html
- Nikki Giovanni, translated poetry
- Translated Aboriginal Poetry
Anthologies:
- I woke up in a Country (Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung 2019)
- Struga Poetry Festival 2018 anthology
- Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2018 anthology
- Kleine tiere zum schlachten, Neue Gedichte aus Griechenland, Parassitenpresse, Köln (2017)
- Women tell stories. Experiences in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe(CEREFREA Villa Noël, l’Université de Bucarest, 2017, Romania)
- Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry, Penguin (2016), New York Review of Books (2017)
- La búsqueda del Sur, Animal Sospechoso, Barcelona, (2016)
Journals:
- January 2019, Ilanot Review, “The Spider”: http://www.ilanotreview.com/
- March 2018, Harlequin Creature “The most handsome man on earth” https://harlequincreature.org/2018/03/27/the-most-handsome-man-on-earth/
- November 2018, A Bacana, Three Poems: http://www.abacana.com/oficial/tres-poemasdedanaesiozioutraducoesdejoanagomesemichelkabalan?fbclid=IwAR3BrUlz9TsIqud8zNE5LcPV1MdiX8uv1M4VqQ0OE5RIeXKXsJduFLzhoo
- September 2018, Interview for Druskininkai Poetic Fall http://www.pdr.lt/en/texts/item/123-danae-sioziou
- Danai Sioziou, “The Guards,” (Greek Writing, Brooklyn Rail, May 2014)
- The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/11/meet-the-greek-writersrevolutionising-poetry-austerity
- Brooklyn Rail: http://brooklynrail.org/2014/05/fiction/austerity-measures
- New York Review of Books: https://www.nyrb.com/blogs/nyrb-news/readings-from-austeritymeasures-the-new-greek-poetry
- LA Review of Books: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/hurt-into-poetry-on-poetry-and-greece/#!
- Site of Prof. Vassilis Lampropoulos, University of Michigan: https://poetrypiano.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/left-melancholy-after-the-crisis-of-revolution-andrepresentation/
- Newspaper article, Spain: http://prodavinci.com/2016/07/02/actualidad/medidas-de-austeridad-nueva-poesia-griega-poralejandro-oliveros/
Poems of Danae Sioziou have been translated in 12 languages. Nützliche Kinderspiele is the German edition of Useful Children Games launched by Parasittenpresse in June 2019.
Professional awards
- 2019, State Literary Prize for New Author for the poetry collection “Useful Children’s Games”, Antipodes publishing house
- 2017, Jannis Varveris Literary Prize by the Hellenic Authors’ Society for the poetry collection “Useful Children’s Games”, Antipodes publishing house
- 2004, Special Prize in the Poetry Competition in Memoir of the Kalavrita Holocaust, State of Kalavrita
