From Athens Indymedia
August 12, 2024

We bid farewell to our friend and comrade H.P. Sophia on Tuesday, August 13, at the Schistos Municipal Cemetery at 10:45 a.m.

H.P. Sophia was born in Domvrena, Boeotia in 1965 and lived in Athens since 1980. The circles in which he moved were within the anarchist space, the geometry of the Metropolis, the pathos of words, and the colors of his beloved Domvrena. Have a good journey Bampi!

friends, lovers, partners, and comrades
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From Literature & Thought
August 14, 2024

Two poems by H.P. Sophia (1965-2024): Metropolis & Deceased Mother

MOTHERLAND / METROPOLIS

Arsons
The night lights up
Revolutionary rage is in every word and deed
Βoys and girls in black attire
they share the bliss in the streets, burning idols

p. | 22

H.P. Sophia | Holy Anarchy | Poems, 3rd edition | Kukkida Publications | Athens, 2021

DEAD MOTHER

The dead mother had no kids but only trees
That’s why no human beings but only birds were found
Only birds cried,
buried and covered her
with the autumn leaves

H.P. Sophia | Poems Gone with the Wind | Poems Adrift | Provocateur | 2020

HP Sophias (Xaralambos Sophia) was born in Domvrena, Viotia in 1965 and lived in Athens since 1980. He was interested in words, the geometry of the circle, and colors. He died in August 2024 at the age of 59. As stated in a post by Publications on the Margins, "I met Bampi Sophia in the "Black - Red Pages" a few years before we collaborated on the publication of his poetry collection "four-part chord." A kind soul and a lonely man, like almost all poets. The place here no longer had room for him, and he flew into eternity. Have a good journey, friend..." H.P. Sophia and I collaborated on the bilingual anthology of Greek poetry entitled "Poems Adrift," published by Provocateur.

WORKS OF H.P. SOPHIA: * HELIKONIA * (1999) - GAVRILIDIS PUBLISHING | * EXPRESSION (2014) - KONIDARI PUBLISHING | * ANARCHIA (2016-2017) - KOUKIDA PUBLISHINGS | * 17-85mm HIGH END INSTALLATION ANGEL CAGE / H. P. Sophia (2017) - ATHENS | * MONSOONS MAKE IT HARD FOR THE TREES TO BREATHE (2018-2019) - KUKIDA PUBLISHINGS | * HOLY ANARCHY (2019) - Translation in English - Xaralampos P. Sophia - ATHENS

More of H.P. Sophia's work can be found on his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/xpsofias
His book Holy Anarchy can be found here: https://www.politeianet.gr/books/9789609410649-sofias-chp-koukkida-agia…

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