Famous People with Name Yannis

Yannis Varveris            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Varveris: is an award winning Greek poet, critic and translator[1]. He read Law at the University of Athens. His first collection of poems was published in 1975. He belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi

Yannis Yfantis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Yfantis: is a Greek poet who is awarded with the Cavafy Award. He was born in 1949 in Raina in the Etoloakarnania prefecture near Agrinio. He was presented to the Thessaloniki Public Broadcasting with Elliniki kai pagkosmia poiisi (???????? ?a? pa???sµ?a p???s? = Greek And International Poetry) and Kata vathos to thema ine ena (?at? ß???? t? ??µa e??a? ??a). His poems were translated into several languages including English.

Yannis Psychopedis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Psychopedis: was born in 1945 and he is one of the main Greek exponents of artistic Critical Realism, an art movement that developed in Europe after the political and social upheavals of 1968. The May 1968 student rebellions in France, the Prague Spring uprising in Czechoslovakia, and the coup d'état establishing the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 were catalysts for this group.

Yannis Stavrou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Stavrou: is a contemporary Greek artist, painter. Yannis Stavrou (G?????? Sta???? in Greek) was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He originally studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts before painting won him over. He currently lives and works in Athens.

Yannis Smaragdis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Smaragdis: is a Greek film director. He appeared in 1972 with his short film Two Three Things... which received the first prize in the Athens Festival as well as a Special Mention in the Montreal Film Festival. Yannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: Poetic Geography (1995) and Cavafy (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film Cavafy. Yannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors Guild of America.