Doukas Yannis

“The Paradox of Svalbard” by Zdenka Sokolíčková
On the occasion of her book “The Paradox of Svalbard”, Czech social anthropologist and writer Zdenka Sokolíčková discusses with the poet, translator and philologist Yiannis Doukas about what it’s like to live and work in the northernmost inhabited point of the planet, the Archipelago’s transition from coal mining to Arctic tourism, the alarming -and perhaps hopeless- depiction of climate change, and the strained boundaries of globalization, in terms of class, language, and economy.

4th Chania Book Festival 2025

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“Literature’s Refuge” by William Stroebel
On the occasion of his book “Literature’s Refuge” (Princeton University Press), William Stroebel, professor at the University of Michigan, talks with poet Yiannis Doukas about diaspora, mutual refuge, the uprooting not only of populations but also of narratives, of contemporary divisions and their methodological imprinting, of the lost and missing voices that captured the fluid and complex identities of the Eastern Mediterranean until about a century ago.

4th Chania Book Festival 2025

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How do we talk about European literature in a changing Europe?
The authors Christos Asteriou, Lefteris Kalospyros and Yannis Doukas will be in conversation.

3rd Chania Book Festival 2024

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“Piges, epoches kai perixes tis logotexnias” (Literary Sources, Periods, and Regions)
Poet Giannis Doukas and author Demosthenes Papamarkos discuss the elements that constitute their work and their creative identity.