Nasos Vagenas, also transliterated Vayenas (Greek: Νάσος Βαγενάς; born 8 March 1945, Drama, Greece) is a Greek poet and translator. Vagenas studied philology at the University of Athens. He has taught at the universities of Athens (1963–1968), Rome (1970–1972), Essex (1972–1973) and Cambridge (1974–1978), where he wrote his doctorate thesis on the poetry of George Seferis. Works Poetry Πεδίον Αρεως (1974) Βιογραφία (1978) Τα γόντα της Ρωξάνης (1981) Βάρβαρες Ωδές (1992 Η πτώση του ιπτάμενου β' (1997) Σκοτεινές μπαλλάντες και άλλα ποιήματα (2001) Essays Η συντεχία (1976) Ο ποιητής και ο χορευτής (1979) Ο λαβύρινθος της σιωπής (1982) Η Εσθήτα της Θεάς (1988) Η ειρωνική γλώσσα (1994) Σημειώσεις από το τέλος του αιώνα (1999) Translations of his poetry In English Βiography, translated by Richard Berengarten. Cambridge: Lobby Press, 1978. Biography and Other Poems, translated by John Stathatos. London: Oxus Press, 1979. In German Wanderung eines Nicht-Reisenden, translated by Alexandra Rassidakis. Cologne: Romiosini, 1997. In Italian Vagabondaggi di un non viaggiatore, translated by Caterina Carpinato. Milan: Crocetti, 1997. In Dutch Biografie en andere gedichten, translated by Marko Fondse and Hero Hokwerda. Amsterdam: Het Griekse Eiland, 1990. Barbaarse Oden, translated by Marko Fondse and Hero Hokwerda. Groningen: Styx Publications, 1997. In Romanian Rătăcirile unui necălător, translated by Victor Ivanovici. Bucharest: Seara, 1998. Ode Barbare, translated by Valeriu Mardare. Bucharest: Omonia, 2001. In Serbian Варварске оде. Песме и есеји, translated by Ivan Gadjanski and Ksenija Maricki Gadjanski. Belgrade: Rad, 2001. External links biography in Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies 1945 births Living people People from Drama, Greece 20th-century Greek poets 21st-century Greek poets Greek male poets Greek translators 20th-century Greek male writers 21st-century Greek male writers