will, determination to defend his beliefs, as well as his keen sense of humour. While imprisoned at Bogiati, Panagoulis is said to have written his poetry on the walls of his cell or on small papers, often using his own blood as ink (as told in the poem "The Paint"). Many of his poems have not survived. However, he managed to smuggle some to friends while in prison, or to recall and rewrite them later. While in prison his first collection in Italian titled Altri seguiranno: poesie e documenti dal carcere di Boyati (Others will Follow: Poetry and Documents of the Prison of Boyati) was published in Palermo in 1972 with an introduction of the Italian politician Ferruccio Parri and the Italian film director and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini. For this collection Panagoulis was awarded the Viareggio International Prize of Poetry (Premio Viareggio Internazionale) the following year. After his liberation he published his second collection in Milan under the title Vi scrivo da un carcere in Grecia (I write you from a prison in Greece) with an introduction by Pasolini. He had previously published several collections in Greek, including The Paint (I Bogia). Poems Promise The teardrops which you will see flowing from our eyes you should never believe signs of despair. They are only promise promise for Fight. (Military Prisons of Bogiati, February 1972) Vi scrivo da un carcere in Grecia, 1974 My Address A match as a pen Blood on the floor as ink The forgotten gauze cover as paper But what should I write? I might just manage my address This ink is strange; it clots I write you from a prison in Greece (Military Prisons of Bogiati, 5 June 1971 – After beating) Vi scrivo da un carcere in Grecia, 1974. The Paint I gave life to the walls a voice I gave them more friendly so that would become my company and the guards asked to know where they could find the paint The walls of the cell kept the secret and the mercenaries searched everywhere but paint they could not find Because they did not think for one moment that they should search into my veins Vi scrivo da un carcere in Grecia, 1974 Legacy To most Greeks, Alexandros Panagoulis's attempted "tyrannicide" rendered him a symbol of freedom, democracy, human rights, and civil and political freedoms. He constitutes a rare instance of an attempted