Dimitriadis was born in
Thessaloniki on 20 March 1931, the son of a refugee from
East Thrace. He received a degree in Classical Studies from the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1955. He worked as a librarian from 1958 to 1965. His first poem
Age of Lean Cows was published in 1947. He was influenced by
Constantine P. Cavafy and
T.S. Eliot. Dimitriadis was gay, but he never claimed his sexuality. He was awarded the 2011 National Grand Prix for Literature, but refused to pick it up. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki awarded him an honorary doctorate in June 2011. He died on 11 August 2020 at the age of 89. His work was donated to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. ==Bibliography==