Dr. Danae Papastratu

PREFACE

To her book Human Orizons:

Dr.Danae Papastratou, poetess, fiction-writer, critic, journalist etc has collected some of her recent poems in a polyglot Edition. In the first part, are included her English poems, written directly -except of two- in the language, while in the second part are her own poems translated into other languages by different Poets. The majority of these poems have been published in literary magazines and some of them are included in anthologies. D. Papastratou has received many awards among them the prize “GIOVANNI GRONCHI” (Italy), EOT, (Greece), Lutece (France), CIPAF (France) etc. She also is a member of many Associations, Societies and Acadamies abroad and in Greece. About 150 of her articles have been published in different magazines and journals.

When we just met her, she was known as a fiction writer though she has been writing Poetry for 20 years. Gradually has been transformed into a great admirer of the fine art of the verses. Her Poetry coloured by lyricism but at the same time by humour, has a rare breadth of vision, a real : poetics. Her singular use of language helps her imagination to traverse the phantastic poetical fields like a sensitive walker in a garden of flowers. The reader of those flowers collected in such a way, I am sure will enjoy them, traversing with her this garden of sentiments and colours. It is worth also noting that many excellent writers and critics have written about the works of D. Papastrato D. Siatopoulos, D. Stamelos, M. Stafylas, C. Valetas, G. Fouriotis, Y. Koutsoheras, I. M. Panayiotopoulo…. (and many others)

We are confident that a polyglot edition has more possibilities to help people truly for Understanding, Peace and Brotherhood among men.

Other works:

• “About the Promotion of Greece in the European Communities” E. Union, Essay -Athens 1967. 1 rst Prize from the European League of Athens.
• ”Travels with the Polar” -Athens 1978, Travel Book. Prizes from A.H.J.E.T. (Association Hellenique des Journalistes – Ecrivains du Tourisme) 1979. Also Medail Vermeil de I’ “Academie Internationale de LUTECE”, Paris 1978- 1979.
• ”A: Vol d’ Oiseau” -Poesies et Essais en francais -Athenes 1979. A’ Prix de C.I.P;A.F. (Cercle Int. des Pensee et Arts Francais) Paris 1980
• ”We will see in Philippoi”, Long Stories, Athenes 1981-82. Prize from C.I.P;A.F.
• ”Without Periphrasis”, Poetry 1981-82, Athenes , Prize from C.I.P;A.F.
• ”About the Poetry of Th. Retoridis” Essay- Athens 1983.
• ”SAMOTHRAKE, Bei den Heiligtumern der Grossen Gotter’, from “HELLENJKA” (extract), University of Bochum, Germany
• ”PERIGRAMMA”, Literary Magazine, Edited from 1985.
• ”ALBERT CAMUS: Les Justes-Theatre”, Traduction.
• ”DIADROMES -Through the Space and the Time” , Travel-Book, Athens 1989. 1 rst Prize GIOVANNI GRONCHI (received in Pisa, Italia 1990), also 1 rst Prize from the A.H.J.E.T.and E.O.T. (Organisation of Greek Tourism, 1991 )
• ”Anichnefsis”, Essais -Athens 1992, Prize “Giovanni Gronchi”.
• ”TAKASHI ARIMA, A Little Odyssey”, Poetry -Translation, Kyoto -Japan 1994.
• ”WAZIR AGHA, A Tale so Strange” , Poetry -Translation, Lahore, Pakistan and Athens 1994.
• ”GREEK POETRY TODAY”, Anthology, Aligarh INDIA, 1995.