Dimitris P. Kraniotis

Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 15 July 1966 in Larissa Prefecture in Thessaly (Greece) and grew up in Stomio (Larissa). He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Medicine at the University of Thessaly (Greece). He lives in Larissa (Greece) and works as a medical doctor (internal medicine specialist physician). He is the author of 12 poetry books in 7 languages in Greece and abroad: “Traces” (Greece 1985), “Clay faces” (Greece 1992), “Fictitious line” (Greece 2005, “Dunes” (Romania 2007), “Endogram” (Greece 2010), “Edda” (Romania 2010), “Illusions” (Romania 2010), “Leaves vowels” (Italy 2017), “Tie of public decency” (Greece 2018), “Minus one” (Spain 2022), “Wrinkles in the coffee” (Greece 2024) and “Hearing the same sound” (Kosovo 2025).  He is also the Editor-in-chief of the international anthology in English “World Poetry 2011” (205 poets from 65 countries). He has won many international awards for his poetry which has been translated into more than 40 languages and published in anthologies, books & magazines in many countries. He has been invited and participated as guest poet in many International Poetry Festivals around the World. He is Doctor of Literature (Litt.D.) by the World Academy of Arts and Letters (WAAC) and other organizations (Doctor Honoris Causa), Academician in Italy and other countries, Laureate Man of Letters by the United Poets Laureate International (UPLI), Doctor of Arts in Poetry by the International Art Academy, President Emeritus of the World Congress of Poets (UPLI), President of the 22nd World Congress of Poets (UPLI) in Larissa, Greece (2011), Founder and President of the World Poets Society (WPS), Founder and Director of the Mediterranean Poetry Festival (Larissa, Greece), Founder and Editor of the World Poets Magazine, Chairman of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Greece and Representative of PEN Greece at the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN International. He is also a member of the World Poetry Movement (WPM), Poets of the Planet (POP), World Organization of Writers (WOW), PEN Greece, Hellenic Literary Society (EEL), National Society of Greek Literary Writers (EEEL), Hellenic Society of Physicians Writers and other organizations.