Biography
Giorgos Moleskis was born in 1946 in the village of Lysi, Cyprus. He studied at the Nicosia English College and the Moscow State University – Lomonosov. He has an M.A. degree in Russian Language and Literature and a Ph.D. degree in Literature.
He worked at the Cultural Services Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, in the position of Senior Cultural Officer and us the Executive Adviser of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation.
Giorgos Moleskis was awarded with a Cyprus State Honorary Diploma and a Cyprus State Prize for Poetry, as well as the Pushkin Metal from the Union of Russian Writes (Moscow Organization). He is, also, an Honorary Member of the State Academy of Slavic Culture of the Russian Federation.
From 1967 until today he has published thirteen poetry collections, two books with collected poems and five books with poetry translations. Some of his books are: Vladimir Mayakovski, Cloud in pants, introduction-translation-comments, Ta tramakia publishing house, 1995, Russian poets of the 20th century, an anthology, introduction-translation-comments, Mesogeios publications (University of Cyprus and Ellinika Grammata), 2004, Awaiting rain, poems, Metaichmio publishing house, 2008, Cotemporary Turkish Cypriot poets. An attempt to communicate, introduction-translation, Topos publishing house, 2010, The unfinished poem, Metaichmio publishing house, 2014, When the sun enter in the room, short stories, Vakxikon publications, Athens 2017, Russian poetry 20th century, Introduction – Translation – Notes, Vakxikon publications, Athens 2019. Every July I return, Vakxikon publications, Athens 2019.
Some of Giorgos Moleskis poetry books were translated and published in separate volumes in France, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. His poems have been translated and published in literary magazines and anthologies in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Rumania Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, Armenia, Estonia, Spain, Chile and other countries.