Komninos Zervos

Komninos Zervos (born 1950) is a Greek-Australian performance poet and teacher. He was born in Richmond, Melbourne.

Life

Born in Melbourne in 1950, Komninos Zervos currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Komninos' poems are a playful combination of social commentary, autobiography and farce. He has performed poetry professionally in pubs, literary festivals, TV, radio, schools, streets, universities and prisons; published poetry in books, literary journals and anthologies; and authored animated and interactive multimedia poems for the internet. He is the recipient of numerous grants.

Awards 1991 Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Poetry Award for Komninos 1992 Australia Council/Ros Bower Community Artist of the Year. 1997 Prix Ars Electronica, Austria.Net Award, Highly Commended. 2001 Electronic Literature Organisation Literature Award for poetry, Runner-up.