Stangos, Nicolas
STANGOS, Nicolas
STANGOS, Nicolas. Greek, b. 1936. Genres: Poetry. Career: Poet and translator of Greek poetry; writer on art. Ekistics Doxiadis Associates, Athens, Greece, education director, 1962-65; press attache at Greek embassy in London, England, 1965-67; Penguin Books Ltd., London, senior commissioning editor, 1967-74; Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, editorial director, 1974-. Consultant to Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and Arts Council of Great Britain. Publications: Selected Poems, 1979; The Familiar Surrounding of Words, 1981. EDITOR: John Berger Sel Essays, 1972; Concepts of Modern Art, 1974; Hockney by Hockney, 1976; David Hockney, That's the Way I See It, 1993. Died 2004.
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BORN: 1900, Smyrna, Asia Minor
DIED: 1971, Athens, Greece
NATIONALITY: Greek
GENRE: Poetry, nonfiction
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