Dimitris P. Kraniotis is an award-winning Greek poet. He was born in 15 July 1966 in Stomio, a coastal town in central Greece. He studied at the Medical School in Thessaloniki. He lives and works as a medical doctor specialized pathologist in Larissa, Greece. He is Founder and President of World Poets Society (W.P.S.), the Editor and Director of the online poetic libraries “Greek Poet”, “International Poet” and “Hellenic Words”, the Editorial Director of the medical magazine “Hippocrates”, President of the Economic and Social Council of the Prefecture of Larissa, a Member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazine “Graphi” and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Larissa Medical Association and Larissa Medical Society. He is a Member of several organizations including the Hellenic Literary Society, International Society of Greek Writers, Larissa Writers and Poets Society (former Vice-President and President), Greek Literary Society of Medical Doctors, World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC), International Writers and Artists Association (IWA), United Poets Laureate International (UPLI), Union Mondiale des Ecrivains Medecins (UMEM), International Society of Poets (ISP), Poetry Society of America (PSA), The Academy of American Poets and Poetas del Mundo (Chile) and Bilingual Poets and Writers for Peace (Argentina). Also he is Love Ambassador (by The Love Foundation, U.S.A.). Three of his poetic collections have been published: “Traces” (poems in Greek, 1985), “Clay Faces” (poems in Greek, 1992) & “Fictitious Line” (poems in Greek, English and French, 2005). Central theme in his poetry is contemporary man, his impasse, his worries, his fears, his hopes and dreams. His poems have been translated into English, French, Romanian, Dutch and Portuguese. He has won a number of international literary awards for his poetry (in Greece, USA, UK and France), which has been published in many countries around the World (USA, UK, India, Algeria, Korea, Brazil, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, Nigeria, Argentina, El Salvador & Turkey). He is featured in several encyclopedias (the online encyclopedia “Wikipedia” in 35 languages, the online Greek encyclopedia “Live Pedia”, the “Big Encyclopedia of New Greek Literature of Haris Patsis” and the “Who is Who in Greece”).