Sokratis G. Melissaratos

Sokratis Melissaratos was born in Neochori, Mesolongi, in 1945 and grew up in Athens. He studied civil engineering with postgraduate studies at SELETE. He has been involved in literature, particularly poetry—both Greek and foreign—since his high school years, alongside painting. His paintings adorn private collections. He is a regular member of the "Parnassos" Literary Society, the Society of Greek Writers (E.E.L.), and the Aetolian Cultural Society (AI.PO.E.). He chose to make his debut in Greek literature with his epic creation "In the Flow of Spacetime" (over 10,000 verses). His poetry has been included in the "Great Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature" by the Center for European Publications Haris Patsis, in both Greek and foreign anthologies, as well as in literary magazines. He received the First Poetry Prize (2011) from the Society of Greek Writers for his poetic composition "The Word of Nature." The work was translated into Polish under the title "Glos Natury" by Wydawnictwo Ibis, Warsaw 2016. He also won the First Prize (Poetry) at the International Literary Competition "Salamina 2011" organized by the Municipality of Salamina. In 2011, he was honored by the Unesco Group of Piraeus and Islands with a commendation and a commemorative medal for his contribution to culture. In 2015, he was honored by the Cultural Center Literatura et Artes (Nicosia, Cyprus) with an honorary diploma for his contribution to Greek literature. He was also honored in 2015 by the editorial team of the magazine "Poezia dzisiaj" ("Poetry Today") and by the Committee of the World Poetry Day Unesco in Poland with an honorary diploma for his contribution to Polish-Greek literary collaboration. For his book "At the Borders of Aetolia," he received the Second Poetry Prize 2017 from the Society of Greek Writers.