Konstantina Korryvanti, Greece

Konstantina Korryvanti © Kristina Bratuska

Konstantina Korryvanti (1989, Athens) is a Greek poet and essayist. She has studied Political Science, History and International Relations. Her first poetry book ‘Mythogony’ (Mandragoras, 2015) was nominated for several poetry awards under the debut author category (National Prize, Hellenic Writers’ Society Poetry Award and ‘The Reader’’ magazine Poetry Award). In 2016, “Mythogony” won the Maria Polydouri Award and was also awarded the G. Athanas Poetry Prize by the Academy of Athens. Her second poetry book “Dyno: dices into the air” was  published by Polis Publications in 2019. Her poems have been translated into English, German, Spanish and Turkish. Konstantina also writes critical essays on women and gender for the Greek literary online magazine “The Reader”, where she has started  the column “HerStory”.

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