"Monogramma" has uniquely recorded the individuals who have marked the intellectual, cultural, and artistic trajectory of our country with their presence and work. It has been characterized as a "National Archive" by the press, and for the first time in 2012, the Academy of Athens recognized and awarded audiovisual work, awarding producers and directors George and Ero Sgourakis the Academy of Athens Award for their entire body of work, particularly for "Monogramma." The reasoning behind this was that "…their biographical programs constitute a valuable portrait of Greeks who acted in the past but also in our era and created, as it was characterized, a work "for the next generations".
The idea of ​​creating this series came from producer-director George Sgourakis, to present the life, work, and worldview of individuals who act in the intellectual, cultural, artistic, social, and public spheres, in an autobiographical format so that there is no interference and the cinematic document is preserved in its purest form.
The format of each episode aims at presenting the autobiographical (visual and audio recording) of an individual who operates in the intellectual, artistic, cultural, political, social, and public life, in a way that engages the interest of contemporary viewers.

Tribute to Kiki Dimoula, who passed away on 22/02/2020

Kiki Dimoula is one of the most significant figures in modern Greek poetry.
Her work moves and elevates, shaped by her personal aesthetic for language and her perception of life and existence. She redefines modern Greek poetic expression with a mature depth that highlights the continuity, importance, and uniqueness of Greek thought. Every verse she writes reaffirms her poetic power, placing her work at the pinnacle of the country’s intellectual creativity.

Born in Athens in 1931, she worked for 25 years at the Bank of Greece. In 1952, she married poet and civil engineer Athos Dimoulas, with whom she had two children.

In a biographical note, she wrote: “Higher education: my long life alongside the poet Athos Dimoulas. Without him, I am certain I would have settled for a dreamy, ignorant idleness, to which I still, perhaps wisely, incline. I owe him even the little I escaped from it, the incomplete yet valuable initiation into what is simply a vowel in poetry and what is consonant with poetry. I also owe him the bitter privilege of being able today, in public, to commemorate him within earshot of the vast oblivion.”

Her poetry evolved from early influences of Cavafy, marked by clarity of expression, inventive wordplay, and vivid imagery. Her existential reflections, deeply rooted in Western philosophy, articulate a profound inquiry into the fleeting nature of human life.

Kiki Dimoula made her literary debut in 1956 with the collection Erevos and went on to publish Erimin, Epi ta ichni, To ligo tou kosmou, To teleftaio soma mou, Chaire pote, I efiveia tis lithis, Enos leptou sighi, Ichos apomakrynseon, O Filopaigmon mythos (prose), Chloi thermokipiou, Metaferthikame paraplevros, and her final, 13th collection, Ta evretra.

Her poetic journey is both profound and unique. She has been honored with the Greek National Poetry Award, the Academy of Athens Literary Prize for her entire body of work, the European Prize for Literature (Prix Européen de Littérature), and the Grand State Prize for Literature.

In 2002, she was elected a Full Member of the Academy of Athens in the chair of Literature/Poetry.

Internationally, her work holds a distinguished place, reaching readers across cultures through translations into English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Bulgarian, German, and notably, Swedish.