Yannis Varveris

Yannis Varveris (; 1955 – 25 May 2011) was a Greek poet, critic and translator.

Varveris was born and died in Athens. He read Law at the University of Athens. His first collection of poems was published in 1975. He belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi. He has been awarded the State Book Prize for Criticism in 1996 for his book (1976–1984) and the Cavafy prize (2001) and the poetry prize of literary journal Diavazo (2002) for his poetry collection .

Works

Poetry (In Imagination and Word), 1975 (The Beak), 1978 (Disabled Veterans), 1982 (Death Spread It Around), 1986 (Piano of the Deep), 1991 (Mister Fog), 1993 (Miracle Null and Void), 1996 1975-1996 (Poems 1975-1996), 2000 (Abroad), 2001 (Wasted money), 2005 (The man alone), 2009 (Of old age), 2011

Selected essays and criticism (1976–1984) (Theater Reviews 1, 1976–1984), 1985 (1976–1984) (Theater Reviews 2, 1976–1984), 1991 (1976–1984) (Theater Reviews 3, 1976–1984), 1995 (Lifeboat), 1999 1994-2003 (Theater Reviews 4, 1994–2003), 2004