Irene Doura-Kavadia is a holder of two Master’s Degrees (MA in Comparative & MSc. in Computational Linguistics). She has worked as a tutor of foreign languages (English, German, French and Spanish) and as a translator and research associate. She is the owner & CEO at “ACADEMY CENTRES”. As a writer (author, poet, essayist) she has participated in various literary competitions and has received corresponding awards, accolades and honors, both in Greece and abroad. She is a member of the National Union of Writers, the Union for the Greek Cultural Heritage, the World Peace Academy, the International "World Poets Society", the Australian Literary Union “Diasporic”, the UNESCO Letters, Arts & Sciences Node GR, the World Philosophical Forum, and the American “International Writers Association”. Her work has been acknowledged by many National and International Organizations, by “Women Leaders – 2019 and 2020”, and by “Who Is Who– Purple Edition, 2020”. In 2020 she was appointed the Director of the Writers Capital International Foundation Greece. Irene born in Athens, Greece, she has been engaged since childhood in studying, writing, and learning foreign languages. She graduated from the Faculty of German Language and Literature (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens). With her dissertation she was awarded a Specialisation in Contrastive Linguistics. Further, she was awarded the Master’s Degree (MSc.) in Computational Linguistics (Faculty of Linguistics at the National & Kapodistrian University, Faculty of Computer Engineering & Robotics - National Technical University). She worked as a volunteer at the research team of the National Institute for Research & Technology “Demokritos” (Dpt. of Microelectronics) and participated in the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Paper 2004, Irene Doura et al.). For many years she worked as a tutor of foreign languages (English, German, French and Spanish) in private schools and as a translator and research associate in law firms, specialising in European patents. She is currently the owner and Director of Studies at “Academy Centres As a writer she has participated in various international literary competitions and has received corresponding awards, accolades and honors. She is a member of the National Union of Writers, the World Peace Academy, the International "World Poets Society", the American “International Writers Association”. She is also a member of the UNESCO Arts, Letters, and Sciences Greece, Member of the World Philosophical Forum Greece, as well as Member of Board in two Organisations, one being the Node of Friends of the Red Cross. She has been involved in projects in various exhibitions, art festivals and other cultural events, and her works have been recited in many competitions, poetic & musical events, festivals and art features, both in Greece and abroad. She has coordinated both Literary competitions as well as International Fine Arts Exhibitions. Poems and texts of hers have been issued in literary magazines, anthologies, collections of short stories, online literary encyclopedias and websites that promote literature and culture (Cyprus, Italy, Spain, India, Australia, Canada, the USA, Latin America, South Korea, Brasil, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, and countries of the Balkans). Her educational and literary books – both in Greek and in English – are taught in several private institutions as well as state schools in Greece, Cyprus and other European countries in different educational levels. She currently gives a series of lectures as a linguist - teacher of foreign languages – translator, as well as a litterateur in international congresses, conferences and other cultural events representing her country. She has been acknowledged for her work by many Organizations, such as the Municipality of Athens, as a successful entrepreneur by “Women Leaders – 2019 and 2020”, and as a distinguished personality of her country by “Who Is Who– Purple Edition, 2020”. In 2020 she was appointed Director of Writers Capital Hellas and following that Secretary-General of the Writers Capital International Foundation running projects towards the end of uniting intellectuals worldwide in an effort to promoting cultural diversity, humanitarianism, and world peace. She is also editor-in-chief at the international publishing house Writers International Edition, an Executive member of the International Who Is Who Awards, a Member of the Organisational Committee of the World Philosophical Forum and a Member of the Board of two Unions, the one being the regional cultural union "Sofia Befon" in Athens and the second "the Friends of the Red Cross", as well as being a Cultural Ambassadress of Greece abroad. A WOMAN’S GRACE In the transparent veils of time's embrace, O, sweet melody within life's dark smother, There emerges a woman, the epitome of grace, With roles varied as a friend, a lover, a spouse or a mother. Her gentleness, her touch, pure soothing balm, her feathered arms, with solace everyone surround, Her bosoms console the beloved one in her divine realm, And a sacred haven provide, where love is to abound. Through her boundless affection in each warm embrace, Immeasurable benefits are brought to make the day As she adorably gazes unto her lover’s face Both are thus saved from heartbreak and dismay. Her dreams, once so bright, can be harshly stepped upon, Shattered by shadows that put them cruelly into confine yet she finds the courage to step up and to hold on and finally to rise again fighting against all malign. Her journey marked with trials for equality, blood and fervent fire, yet in her feminine existence, in every different face, her unshackled spirit remaining unbridled, soaring ever higher, that is where resides the real beauty of a woman's grace.
A WOMAN’S GRACE
In the transparent veils of time's embrace,
O, sweet melody within life's dark smother,
There emerges a woman, the epitome of grace,
With roles varied as a friend, a lover, a spouse or a mother.
Her gentleness, her touch, pure soothing balm,
her feathered arms, with solace everyone surround,
Her bosoms console the beloved one in her divine realm,
And a sacred haven provide, where love is to abound.
Through her boundless affection in each warm embrace,
Immeasurable benefits are brought to make the day
As she adorably gazes unto her lover’s face
Both are thus saved from heartbreak and dismay.
Her dreams, once so bright, can be harshly stepped upon,
Shattered by shadows that put them cruelly into confine
yet she finds the courage to step up and to hold on
and finally to rise again fighting against all malign.
Her journey marked with trials for equality, blood and fervent fire,
yet in her feminine existence, in every different face,
her unshackled spirit remaining unbridled, soaring ever higher,
that is where resides the real beauty of a woman's grace.
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