Spiros Kokkinakis
Spyros Kokkinakis is a Greek poet, born in Piraeus. He is Doctor of Social Sciences. He studied Political Sciences, Public Administration, Communication and Mass-Media at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Panteion University. He held the positions of Director General and Secretary General of the Ministries of Health, Labor and Social Affairs. He is Honorary Coordinator of Decentralized Administration of Attica. From 1974 until today, 20 books of his poems have been published. He also published essays, sociological and literary studies. He has been awarded by the Academy of Athens (2019) for his poetry book Λυκόφως Ορίων [Lykofos Oríon – Twilight of the Limits (En.)] and by the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Foundation (2021) for his entire work of creation.
His poetry has been translated into English, French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian and Arabic.