Born in 1952, Veroniki Dalakoura is a Greek poet whose work shows the influence of surrealism. She published her first book "Poiisi '67-'72" (Poetry 1967-1972), at the age of twenty, then a second volume, "I parakmi tou erota" (The Decline of Eros) at twenty-four. Her books often combine poems, prose poems, and longer narratives in provocative ways. These volumes include "O hypnos" (Sleep, 1982), "To paihnidi tou telous" (The Game of the End, 1988), "Meres idonis" (Days of Pleasure 1990), "Agria angeliki photia" (Wild Seraphic Fire, 1997), and "O pinakas tou Hodler" (Hodler's Painting, 2001). Her most recent collections of verse is "26 Poiimata" (26 Poems, 2004) and "Karnavalistis" (Carny, 2011). Dalakoura's work often develops themes related to eroticism and spirituality. She is also a noted translator of French literature. John Taylor's essay about Dalakoura, "Eros and Other Spiritual Adventures," is comprised in his book Into the Heart of European Poetry (Transaction, 2008). John Taylor's translations of her poems have appeared in several magazines and anthologies.