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Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, 22nd World Congress of Poets President, 2011, Greece




President Dimitris P. Kraniotis, World Congress of Poets, 2011, Greece, is already hard at work contacting poets, venues, and all that goes into the preliminaries of having a World Congress of Poets.

The 22 World Congress of Poets is planned to be held at the Hotel Larissa Imperial in Larissa, Greece, on June 29-July 3, 2011.
To see the beautiful accomodations, please google Hotel Larissa Imperial.

For more information please visit http://worldcongressofpoets.blogspot.com/
and www.wcp-greece2011.org
Ioanna Kranioti
Congratulations from poets around the world go out to our President of the 22 World Congress of Poets on his wedding, October 31, 2010. Shown with him are his beautiful wife, Despina, and his sister, Ioanna Kranioti.
Georgia Kotrotsiou
Marriage of Dimitris Kraniotis to his wife Despina, with Georgia Kotrotsiou, Muse for the 22 World Congress of Poets, and sister of Dimitri's wife.

22nd World Congress of Poets

               United Poets Laureate International

                Larissa, Greece, June 29-July 3, 2011

 

Organizing Committee

                           President

  • Dimitris P. Kraniotis, President of 22nd World Congress of Poets, President of World Poets Society (W.P.S.) 

                              Members:

  • Katerina Ziazia-Souflia, Vice-Mayor of Culture of Larissa Municipality
  • Christos Sideropoulos, Vice-Prefect of Culture of Larissa Prefecture
  • Dimitra Bardani, President of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers
  • Athanasios Karatolias, President of Thessaly Association of Letters and Arts
  • Vasiliki Mandalou, General Secretary of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers
  • Evangelia Raptou, Vice-President of Thessaly Association of Letters and Arts
  • Christina Yiangou-Lavdaki, Vice-President of Thessaly Association of Letters and Arts
  • Lina Folina, treasurer of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers
  • Stefanos Koutras, special secretary of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers
  • Giorgos Tsitroulis, poet
  • Panos Papageorgiou, poet
  • Fotini Gouma, poetess, member of the Board of Directors of Thessaly Association of Letters and Arts
  • Ioanna Kranioti, Poetess
  • Athanasios Michail, translator

 

http://worldcongressofpoets.blogspot.com/2010/12/22nd-world-congress-of-poets-larissa.html


22nd World Congress of Poets

Larissa, Greece

June 29th to July 3, 2011

Hotel Larissa Imperial


Update: 4-4-11:  Some banks have asked for the following addresses. Please take them with you when you ask the bank for your international money transfer transaction.

Address of the NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE Nm 883 : Agiou Georgiou Larissa, P.C.: 41335

Address of  beneficiary:  64 Tzavela Str. , 41222, Larissa, Greece

 

·         Please notice that on the bank remittance do not forget to mention:

1.       The participant’s full name.

2.       Reason of payment (22nd WCP/UPLI, Greece 2011)

if it is possible I would like this to be on the UPLI-WCP website! It really helps me a lot to check the participants.


UPDATE: 2-14-11

The 22nd World Congress of Poets now has a dedicated website at
www.wcp-greece2011.org.  Please check it out for the latest information. Remember, the deadline for entry forms and fees is April 30, 2011.

To obtain an international money transfer, take the bank information located under the enrollment form to your own bank and have them help you. Be sure to include your name and that you are attending the 22 World Congress of Poets on the transfer.  See you in Greece.

UPDATES

October 17, 2010: We just received word that our President of the World Congress of Poets to be held in Greece, Dr. Demitris Kraniotis, M.D., will be wed on October 31, 2010. Our best wishes and heartfelt congratulations go out to Demitris and his new wife. We will be receiving updated information on registration and schedules later in November, after the honeymoon. Congratulations Demitris!

May 31, 2009, more details and links

Dear Judy


After my meetings with the Prefect of Larissa and the Mayor of Larissa, the 22th World Congress of Poets was announced to be held in Larissa (Greece), in the second half of June 2011. Larissa is the 4th biggest city of Greece and the capital city of Thessaly in Central Greece .
 
The Prefect of Larissa Mr. Loukas Katsaros stated that: "We welcome the very honorary event of conducting the 22nd World Congress of Poets in our Prefecture, and we declare that we will work for its impeccable conduct. It is an occasion of promoting our Prefecture, Olympus , our history and tradition in world level. The international activity of Dimitris P. Kraniotis is very important for our Prefecture and I thank him personally for this".
 
The Mayor of Larissa Mr. Konstantinos Tzanakoulis stated that: "The Municipality of Larissa will aid this very important cultural event that has world-wide character and which will promote the city of Larissa and the Prefecture all over the world. With the holding of the Mediterranean Games in 2013 and the "Cultural Mediterranean " of 2009 - 2013, the event takes on special extent for the supporting of our tourism which is one of the biggest bets for the games."
 
 
Articles about 22th WCP / UPLI (in Greece) :
http://www.kosmoslarissa.gr/article/1041/
http://www.eleftheria.gr/viewarticle.asp?aid=9101&pid=9&CategoryID=9
http://www1.larissa.gr/webasp/onedelt.asp?id=1273
http://omogeneia.ana-mpa.gr/press.php?id=6308
http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showprel?service=3&maindoc=7635088
http://www.naftemporiki.gr/t+z/story.asp?id=1668257
http://www.naftemporiki.gr/localnews/story.asp?id=1668257
http://www.neostypos.gr/opsis_article.php?sub=3&art=09052603
http://news.trikki.gr/entexnos/politistika/16744--2011-
http://www.artfools.gr/?p=7475
http://www.leukipoli.gr/2008/uncategorized.asp?ID=2193
http://www.aboutgreece.gr/_NEA/cat_news/PREVIEW_newS_xrhm.asp?news_data_id=181367&category_id=73
http://www.edugate.gr/ek-ty/24-05-09-23
http://www.kalimera.gr/_NEA/cat_news/PREVIEW_newS_KALIMERA.asp?news_data_id=181367&category_id=73
http://www.larissacity.com/newSite/index.php?topic=1720.0
http://vivliolatreia.blogspot.com/2009/05/2011.html
http://diabase.blogspot.com/2009/05/2011.html
http://www.connecting.gr/news/xrhm/PREVIEW_newS.asp?news_data_id=181367&category_id=73
 
 
Greek newspapers about 22th WCP / UPLI (in pdf):  
http://www.kosmoslarissa.gr/files/pdf/25-5-2009_p8.pdf (page 8)
http://www.kosmoslarissa.gr/files/pdf/27-5-2009_p8.pdf (page 8)
http://files.eleftheria.gr/pdf/%7B6A073733-9484-4367-9DDA-7EB7C4FB3499%7D_24-05-2009-FILO.pdf (page 27)
http://files.eleftheria.gr/pdf/%7B879CBD7E-9182-497D-B6A3-664E8A542216%7D_FYLLO-27-5.pdf (page 19)
 
 
About Larissa:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa
http://www.balcinet.org/423B2666.en.aspx
http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/index.php?lang=en
http://www.larissa.gr/en_basic.htm
http://www.tourismlarissa.gr/index.php?lang=en
 
 
Best regards
Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., Litt.D.
President of 22th World Congress of Poets / UPLI
President of World Poets Society (W.P.S.)
Academician of Academy Tiberina of Rome
Academician of International Academy of Micenei ( Italy )
http://worldcongressofpoets.blogspot.com/
 

MAY 25, 2009

This official word has just come in from 22nd World Congress President, Dimitris Kraniotis:

After my meeting with the Prefect of Larissa the 22th World Congress of Poets was announced to be held in Larissa, the 4th biggest city of Greece , in the second half of June 2011. Larissa is the capital city of Thessaly in Central Greece.

Articles about 22th WCP / UPLI in Greek newspapers:

http://www.kosmoslarissa.gr/article/1041/

http://www.eleftheria.gr/viewarticle.asp?aid=9101&pid=9&CategoryID=9

About Larissa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa

http://www.balcinet.org/423B2666.en.aspx

http://culture.larissa-dimos.gr/index.php?lang=en

http://www.larissa.gr/en_basic.htm

http://www.tourismlarissa.gr/index.php?lang=en

Best regards

Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, M.D., Litt.D.

President of 22th World Congress of Poets / UPLI

President of World Poets Society (W.P.S.)

Academician of Academy Tiberina of Rome

Academician of International Academy of Micenei ( Italy )

http://worldcongressofpoets.blogspot.com/


 


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