Thomas Ioannou was born in Arta in 1979. He grew up in Preveza. He studied Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and he works as a neurologist. With his first book of poetry, Ippokratous 15, published in 2011 from Saixpirikon Publications, he won the Best New Poet Award for 2012, given by the Greek State and the Greek Ministry of Culture. His poems and essays have appeared in literary magazines, in the daily press and in various anthologies. He is a member of the editorial team of the quarterly literary magazine Ta Poiitika. His poems have been translated into English, German, French and Spanish. Within 2016, Ippokratous 15 will appear in French, in a bilingual edition from Desmos publications.
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Edited by Mania Meziti