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Pi O

ピー・オー

Pi O

Aliases: П. O.

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1951-01-01 (Katerini, Greece)
Nationality
Australia, Greece
Languages
English, Greek
Residence History
Katerini, Greece → Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Career

Occupations
poet, anarchist poet, spoken word poet, visual poet
Active Years
1973-2024
Influenced By
Johnny Cash
Nominations
2021 Melbourne Prize for Literature finalist

Awards

Judith Wright Calanthe Prize
2020
Work: Heide
Category: Poetry Collection
Organization: Arts Queensland
Result: winner
Patrick White Literary Award
2024
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Heide

2019 poetry collection

Award-winning poetry collection.

working classanarchism

Big Numbers: New and Selected Poems

2008 poetry collection

New and selected poems.

everyday speechwordplay

The Tour

2023 poetry collection

Bibliography

  • Fitzroy brothel: Poems
  • Emotions in concrete
  • street singer
  • Pi O. Revisited
  • Panash
  • Missing Form: Concrete, visual and experimental poems
  • The Fitzroy poems
  • 24 hrs: The day the language stood still
  • The Number Poems and Other Equations
  • Big Numbers: New and Selected Poems
  • Fitzroy: The Biography
  • Heide
  • The Tour

Style & Themes

Literary Style
standup-type rantsconceptual page poetryconcrete poetrywordplayvitality of everyday speech
Recurring Motifs
non-Anglo-Celtic working class life

Legacy

Greek-Australian working class anarchist poet known for concrete, visual, and spoken word poetry capturing non-Anglo-Celtic experiences.

Trivia

  • Inspired to start writing poetry in 1973 after hearing Johnny Cash recite poetry.
  • Moved to Australia with family around 1955, stayed in Bonegilla migrant camp before settling in Fitzroy.