Christos Koukis was born in 1979 and he is a poet and a writer. He has published poetry books in Greece, France, Italy and Serbia and poems of his have been translated in eight (8) languages. He has participated in poetry anthologies in Greece and other countries and in several international poetry festivals around the world. He has worked in poetry and culture magazines and has written lyrics for songs. Recently he collaborated in an international project for Documenta 14 Athens. He lives and works in Athens.
About Us
Poet Koukis Christos and the nonprofit “Mind the loop” are proudly presenting the 1st edition of the International Poetry Festival of Crete, an international meeting of poets from around the world. 18 poets from 12 different countries are coming this September in Crete for 3 days full of poetry, words and discussions.
Our festival’s main goal is to promote as much as we can Greek civilization and more specific Crete’s tradition : Cretan poetry, oral tradition poetry and lyrics, music, folklore dances and many more cultural interests. On the other hand festival is going to be the meeting point of East and West, the bridge to connect poets, translation works and workshops. Different languages, cultures, ways of writing and expression will meet and cooperate in our festival.
Our aim is to establish a new institution of literature and poetry, to bring together festivals from around the globe, to invite more and more poets every year from more and more countries every time.
An institution which will provide free speech to every voice no matter the origin or the power.
This year’s festival will host poets from China, India, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Croatia, Spain, France, Germany, USA and Switzerland . The festival will provide free to all poets and participants a recyclable bag including the festival’s book, local products and material for the Greek literature.
Festival is open to all people who are interested in poetry and literature and we are planning to promote this festival to the amount of tourists that come to Crete every year and live in Heraklion or nearby.
Organization
Koukis
Christos
Aleksandra Djokovic
Born and raised in Smederevo, beautiful, Danube region of Serbia. She is holding a bachelor degree in Business Management, University of Belgrade and a Master Degree in Heritage Management, University of Kent, UK. Her passion is singing, theatre and poetry, and she was for ten years a part of the management team of the greatest poetry festival in South-Eastern Europe – Smederevo Poetry Festival – Smederevo Poetic Autumn (2008-2018). From 2009 she was playing and singing in a musical Hair (theatre Atelje 212), and she is still playing in the same theatre as a part of a “The ship is sailing to Belgrade” crew. She is a winner of many singing competitions. Today, she is working as an Economist and Singer.