Dimitris P. Kraniotis is an award-winning Greek poet. He was born in 15 July 1966 in Stomio (Larissa), a coastal town in central Greece . He studied at the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. He lives and works as a medical doctor (physician) Internal Medicine Specialist in Larissa, Greece .
He is the author of 4 poetry books: "Traces" (poems in Greek, Greece 1985), "Clay Faces" (poems in Greek, Greece, 1992 ), "Fictitious Line" (poems in Greek and translated into English and French, Greece 2005) & "Dunes" (poems translated into French and Romanian, Bucharest, Romania 2007).
He is elected President of 22nd World Congress of Poets (Greece 2011) by United Poets Laureate International, Academician of Academy Tiberina of Rome, President of World Poets Society (W.P.S.), Academician of International Academy of Micenei (Italy), Doctor of Literature (Litt. D.) by World Academy of Arts and Culture, Vice-President of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers, Vice-President of Larissa Medical Association “Hippocrates”, Special Secretary of Thessaly Association of Letters and Arts, Ambassador to Greece of Poetas del Mundo (Chile), Editorial Director of the Greek medical magazine "Hippocrates", Member of the Board of Directors of Cultural Organization of Larissa Prefecture and Member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazines “Graphi” and “Pnevmatiki Larissa”. He is member of Greek and international literary organizations (National Society of Greek Literary Writers, Hellenic Literary Society, Greek PEN, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, International Society of Greek Writers, United Poets Laureate International (UPLI), International Writers Association (IWA), World Academy of Arts & Culture (WAAC), World Union of Writing Physicians (UMEM), Poetas del Mundo, etc).
He has won a number of international awards for his poetry which has been published in many countries around the World. Central theme in his poetry is contemporary man, his impasse, his worries, his fears, his hopes and dreams.
His poems have been translated into English, French, Arabic, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian, Dutch, Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Bengali.
His Official Website: http://dimitriskraniotis.com