Event on the Occasion of World Poetry Day

B&E Goulandris Foundation Library

Friday March 27, 2026 | 18.15-20.00

On the occasion of World Poetry Day, the B&E Goulandris Foundation is delighted to welcome prominent voices of contemporary Greek poetry to a special event dedicated to the poetic word, on Friday, March 27.

From 18:15 to 20:00, in the Foundation’s Library, poets Danae Sioziou, Myrsini Gkana, MKX and Lena Kallergi will read selected poems, offering the audience the opportunity to engage with their work and hear their voices. The event will conclude with a discussion, providing the opportunity for questions, an exchange of thoughts and a more personal introduction to the poets.

Admission is free, with advance online registration required, and seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited capacity. If you need to cancel your registration, please inform us in advance at library@goulandris.gr.

Danae Sioziou

Danae Sioziou is a poet born in Karlsruhe, Germany. She has published three poetry collections: Useful Children’s Games (2016), Probable Landscapes (2021), and Letters (2024), all published by Antipodes. She has received the State Prize for a Debut Author and the “Yannis Varveris” Poetry Prize, as well as major artistic fellowships and invitations to programmes organised by institutions such as the Santa Maddalena Foundation and Villa Ruffieux. Her poems have been translated into more than fifteen languages and her books have been published in Germany and Italy. Her work has been widely presented at festivals, included in anthologies and published in international journals such as Asymptote, NYRB, and World Literature Today. She works in the fields of education and culture and is also a translator and historian. In 2025, together with P. Kehagias, she founded Gennitria Editions.

Myrsini Gkana

Myrsini Gkana was born in Athens. She studied English Literature at the University of Athens and Cultural Management in Brussels. Her first poetry collection, The Faraway Places (2017, Melani Editions), received the Debut Poetry Award from the literary journal Anagnostis and the Public Readers’ Award. Her second poetry collection, I Have Other Things I Love Too (2020, Melani Editions), was shortlisted for the Greek State Poetry Prize and was translated into French in 2024 by Marie-Laure Coulmin Koutsaftis under the title Intimité (La feuille de thé editions). She works as a translator.

Lena Kallergi

Lena Kallergi is the author of the poetry books Untamed (Ikaros, 2023 – Anagnostis Poetry Prize), There Is a Ship to Spare (Gavriilidis, 2016; second edition Monokl, 2023 – Poets’ Circle Prize), and Gardens in the Sand (Gavriilidis, 2010 – Maria Polydouri Prize). She has also participated in the collective experimental poetry volumes Omada Apo Poiisi (Gavriilidis, 2010) and Omada Apo Poiisi II: Yper Oneirias (Gavriilidis, 2012). Among other works, she has translated poems by Giacomo Leopardi (The Night Remains, Gavriilidis, 2013) and by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats (Kedros, 2021). Her poems, translations, and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies in Greece and abroad.

MKX

MKX grew up in the Cyclades and currently works in Athens. Their first poetry collection, Bougainvillea Pop, was published by Teflon Editions.