Phōstierēs, Antōnēs

Andonis Fostieris (Greek: Αντώνης Φωστιέρης; born 1953) is a Greek poet. He studied Law at the University of Athens and History of Law at Sorbonne, Paris. Since 1981, he is co-editor and director of the literary periodical Η λέξη. Fostieris is one of the eminent poets of the so-called Generation of the Seventies 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. Fostieris has been widely translated; that includes translation into English by Kimon Friar (1984), the acclaimed translator and scholar for his Modern Greek literature translations. A dual language (Greek-English) Anthology of his poetry under the title Ars Poetica – Poetry within Poetry and Other Poems has recently been published by Colenso Books in London (June 2023).