D. I. Antoniou
Dimitrios Antoniou, better known by his pen name D. I. Antoniou (Greek: Δ.Ι. Αντωνίου; 1906–1994) was a Greek poet.
Life
Antoniou hailed from a seafaring family that traced their origins to the island of
He died in Athens on 6 February 1994.[1]
Literary career
His first published poetry appeared in the journal Pnoi in 1929. He was influenced by the New Athenian School of Kostis Palamas to write in demotic Greek, what Kimon Friar calls "pure demotic style as though written in shorthand".[1][2] He became one of the poets known as the Generation of the '30s, along with poets such as Giorgos Seferis and Odysseas Elytis.[4] Friar, however, notes that Antoniou appeared to have "his own voice", without subscribing to any school of literature.[2] His poems appeared in Ta Nea Grammata between 1936 and 1939. These were reprinted in the book Poems (Greek: Ποιήματα) in 1939, which was well received by figures such as Seferis, Andreas Karantonis and Konstantinos Tsatsos.[1]
His writing generally consisted of short poems that appeared in press only sporadically. An exception to this was his long poem Indies (
Antoniou published more of his poetry in the periodical Angloelliniki Epitheorisi (Greek: Αγγλοελληνική Επιθεώρηση) in 1954. He published two more collections in 1972: Hai Kai (Greek: Χάι-Κάι) and Tanka (Greek: Τάνκα). The latter won the First State Prize for Poetry.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Τα γεγονότα και τα ζητήματα: Δημήτριος Ι. Αντωνίου»". Nea Estia (in Greek). 135 (1603): 546–547. 15 April 1994. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Friar, Kimon (1973). Modern Greek Poetry. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 55–57.
- ^ a b c "Αρχείο Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών – Δημήτριος Αντωνίου". National Book Centre. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- JSTOR 25733554.