The Hellenic Writers Group of Washington DC held their monthly meeting at the Hellenic Center .
The schedule
1:00 PM - Poetry Group - Discussed the life and poems of Greek poet Kiki Dimoula. She has been awarded the Greek State Prize twice (1971, 1988), as well as the Kostas and Eleni Ouranis Prize (1994) and the Αριστείο Γραμμάτων of the Academy of Athens (2001). In 2009, Ms. Dimoula was awarded the European prize for literature for 2009. She is also a member of the Academy of Athens.
Ms. Dimoula reciting her poetry in Greek:
Ms. Dimoula's poetry in English, translated by Olga Broumas:
2:00PM
- Writers' Group Meeting - Discussed the Chicago Writers'
Conference and shared notes from the different presentations attended by Patty Apostolides, including publishing advice, editing, agents, etc. Lots of useful
information! Also, discussed ideas for up coming booksigning events.
3:00PM
- Writers' Critique Group - Submitted works by members
were commented upon by the critique group members.
