10-12 OCTOBER 2025
Poetry in the digital age
16:30
DISCUSSION
with Alexandros Chronidis and Alexia Viktoros
Action description
Digital age, expanded networking, social media, influencers, artificial intelligence.
Creative need, literary practice, poetic voice, inspiration, testimony.
Poetry and digital technology: relationship or separation?
Does the digital screen and expanded networking fit into poetry?
Does poetry have a place in the age of the digital screen and expanded networking?
What does it mean to be a poet born in the internet age?
Is technology a tool or a brake?
Is technology a source of inspiration or a silencer?
Can poetry be communicated on social media, or does algorithmic bias keep it in low visibility?
Can artificial intelligence affect creativity?
Ultimately, what and for whom do we write in the age of data and algorithms? Ultimately, what does it mean to be a young poet in the age of the digital screen and widespread networking?
Two important new poetic voices from Cyprus, Alexandros Chronidis and Alexia Victor, explore these questions based on their experience, in conversation with poet and music sociologist Maria Kouvaro.
Short Biography
Short biography – Alexandros Chronidis
Alexandros Chronidis, born in 1994 in Bonn and raised in Cyprus, is a poet and journalist.
He studied Philosophy and Economics at the University of Edinburgh and holds an MBA from the University of Cyprus.
He writes poetry in Greek, the Cypriot dialect and English.
He has published three poetry collections, the most recent being the collection "On the Rivers of Babylon", with Almyra Publications, 2024.
Since 2022, he has represented Cyprus on the European platform of young poets Versopolis.
Alexia Victor (2001) is a graduate of the University of Cyprus with honors in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, with a minor in Classical Studies. She also obtained the ATCL Diploma in Music Performance from Trinity College London. She trained at the Université Paris Cité in the field of Linguistics with the European scholarship France Excellence Europa. Later, she studied in the postgraduate program in Comparative Literature at the University of Edinburgh with a scholarship from the A. G. Leventis Foundation. She works as a philologist at the Forum Private School. OUTIS's work was honored with the State Prize for Young Writer 2023. Her poems have been translated into four languages and have been distinguished by international bodies. She is the representative of Cyprus on the European platform Versopolis.
Maria Kouvarou – short biography
Maria Kouvaro has a PhD in Musicology with a specialization in Sociology. She has published three poetry collections and a novella, as well as short stories and poems in anthologies and literary magazines. Her short stories and poems have been awarded in literary competitions, while her poems have also been translated into Arabic. She also participates in the List of Ambassadors/Ambassadors of Culture of the Deputy Ministry of Culture
She is a performer in spoken word, soundscape poetry, piano and singing. She is also the presenter and co-producer of the UCY Voice 95.2 radio show “Made in Cyprus”, while previously she was the co-presenter and co-producer of the show “Literature” on Ertziana.
In March 2025, he was declared Cyprus National Slam Champion at the annual poetry slam competition organized by Ideogramma.