NIKOPOULOU, IRO

Iro Nikopoulou was born in Athens in 1958 and is a creative artist and writer. She has studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and she has done many exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Her works can be found in private and public collections (Art Collection of the Hellenic Parliament, Mouseum Vores etc).
Since 1986 he has published five collections of poetry, four collections of short stories and one novel. She has participated as a guest in many International Poetry Festivals. He co-directs with Giannis Patilis the website for the short story Planodion-Bonzai Stories. Her poems and short stories have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Finnish, Turkish, Croatian, etc. and have been included in many corresponding anthologies.
In 2019, the literary magazine «Sisyphos» dedicated its 17th issue to her poetic and prose work.
In the context of the 12th Greek-Ibero-American Festival "Literature in Athens" (LEA) was distinguished with the 1st Prize in the relevant short story competition.
Αn anthology of her poems entitled Aceptiones de la Miranda, translated by Jose Antonio Moreno Jurado is published in Spanish (2019, Padilla Libros Editores, El Arbol de la Luz, Sevilla).
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