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 Doctor of Literature (Litt. D.) by the World Academy of Arts and Culture, Academician of the Academy Tiberina of Rome, Academician of the International Academy of Micecei (Italy), elected President of 22nd World Congress of Poets by United Poets Laureate International (for first time in Greece in 2011), President of the World Poets Society (W.P.S.), Ambassador to Greece of Poetas del Mundo (Chile). Vice-President of the Larissa Medical Association “Hippocrates”, Special Secretary of the Thessaly Association of Letters and Arts, Editorial Director of the Greek medical magazine "Hippocrates", Member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural Organization of the Larissa Prefecture, Member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazine "Graphi" and former Vice-President of Larissa Union of Poets and Writers. He is member of several organizations including the National Society of Greek Literary Writers, Hellenic Literary Society, Greek PEN Center, Hellenic Society of Writing Physicians, International Society of Greek Writers, United Poets Laureate International, World Academy of Arts & Culture, International Writers Association (IWA), World Union of Writing Physicians (UMEM), etc. 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). His poems have been translated into English, French, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian, Dutch, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese and Bengali. 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 official website: http://dimitriskraniotis.com/
