 Henceforth he has conducted readings and has lectured on his work at various Universities worldwide, including Oxford, Trieste, Hong Kong and Nottingham.In 2012 he was Writer in Residence at the International Writing Program, University of Iowa.He is one of the most recent Greek authors to have achieved international recognition, Poena Damni being the most widely reviewed Greek literary work of the recent decades and , arguably, the best-selling book of contemporary Greek poetry in English translation.