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Komninos Zervos was born in in Richmond, Victoria, Australia..
Komninos Zervos
Greek-Australian performance poet and teacher
Komninos Zervos (born 1950) is a Greek-Australianperformance poet and teacher.
Such Is Life is a romance that satirizes romantic views, and thereby comes closer to escaping the inclination to be seduced by a dualizing morality or aesthetic.
He was born in Richmond, Melbourne.
Life
Born in Melbourne in 1950, Komninos Zervos currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Komninos' poems are a playful combination of social commentary, autobiography and farce.
He has performed poetry professionally in pubs, literary festivals, TV, radio, schools, streets, universities and prisons; published poetry in books, literary journals and anthologies; and authored animated and interactive multimedia poems for the internet.
He is the recipient of numerous grants.
Awards
- 1991 Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Poetry Award for Komninos[1]
- 1992 Australia Council/Ros Bower Community Artist of the Year.
- 1997 Prix Ars Electronica, Austria, .Net Award, Highly Commended.
- 2001 Electronic Literature Organisation Literature Award for poetry, Runner-up.