Aslanoglou, Alexēs

Alexēs Aslanoglou, literary prseudonym of Nikolaos Arslanoglou, was born in Thessalonikē in 1931 by parents coming from Asia Minor. He belongs to the second post-war generation of Greek poets. He appeared on the Greek literary scene in 1952 with the poetic one-act play "Sea and Synchronization". He also published many poetic collections such as "Difficult Death" (1954), "Myronas's Death" (1960), "Poems for a Summer" (1963), "Field Hospital" (1972), "Crude Oil" (1974), "The Difficult Death" (a concise poem anthology, 1978, 1985), "Odes to the Prince" (1981, 1991), "Three Poems" (1987). In 1979, he moved from Thessalonikē to Athens. He traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was awarded a distinction by the Municipality of Thessalonikē (1957) and a grant by the Ministry of Culture (1974-1976, 1994). He was also honoured by the Municipality of Athens (1986). He died in Athens in 1996.