Stathis Gourgouris (Greek: Στάθης Γουργουρής) is a poet, essayist, translator, sound artist, and professor of classics, English, Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
[1] He also writes opinion pieces on contemporary politics and culture in newspapers and internet media in both Greek and English.
[2] He was also a former president of the Modern Greek Studies Association (2006-2012) and director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia (2009-2015).
He is a member of the Sublamental Artists Collective,[3] which releases his music and sound art compositions under the name Count G.[4] Gourgouris earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., all from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Gourgouris' writings focus on the intersection between the poetics and politics of modernity and democracy.