GREEK WRITERS TODAY/ An Anthology
The great anthology of the Hellenic Authors' Society is now available in e-book form worldwide from PATTAKIS EDITORS.
A volume of 850 digital pages. Over 200 poets and prose writers, members of the Society, select their works translated into English.
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SELF-REFERENCING AUTHORS:
AKRIVOS KOSTAS, ALEXAKIS ORESTES, ALEXANDROPOULOS MITSOS, ALEXIOU DIMITRIS, ALEXOPOULOU MARIGO, AMANATIIS VASSILIS, AGGELAKI-ROOK KATERINA, ANTONIADES ANDREAS, ARANITSIS EVGENIOS, ARISTINOS GIORGOS, ARKOUDEAS KOSTAS, AVEROFF TATIANA
BABASSAKIS GEORGE-IKAROS, BAKONIKA ALEXANDRA, BASKOZOS YANNIS N.
CHARALAMBIDES KYRIAKOS, CHARTOMATSIDIS CHRISTOS, CHOULIARAS YIORGOS, CHRISTODOULOU DEMETRA, CHRONAS YORGOS, CONNOLLY DAVID
DALAKOURA VERONIKI, DARAKI ZEFI, DAVETAS NIKOS, DE KASTRO MARISA, DELIGIORGI ALEXANDRA, DELIVORRIAS ANGELOS, DENDRINOS GERASIMOS, DIMITRIOU SOTIRIS, DIMOULA KIKI, DRACODAIDIS PHILIP
EFSTATHIADI MARIA, EFSTATHIADIS GIANNIS, EFTHIMIADI NENI, EXARCHOPOULOU LILY
FAIS MICHEL, FAKINOU EVGENIA, FOSTIERIS ANDONIS, FRANGOPOULOS MILTOS, FRANTZI ANTIA
GALANAKI RHEA, GAVALAS GEORGE, GOTIS GEORGE, GOURGOURIS STATHIS, GRAMMENOS TAKIS, GRIGORIADIS THODOROS, GRIS ILIAS
HADJIDAKI NATASHA, HATZOPOULOS THANASSIS, HATZOPOULOU-KARAVIA LIA, HAVIARAS STRATIS, HIONIS ARGYRIS, HOULIARAKIS DIMITRIS, HOUZOURI ELENA
ILIOPOULOU KATERINA, IOANNIDES KLITOS, IOANNIDES PANOS, ISSARIS ALEXANDROS, IVANOVICI VICTOR
KAKLAMANAKI ROULA, KALOKYRIS DIMITRIS, KALOUTSAS TASOS, KAPANDAIS ISMENE, KAPERNAROS TASSOS, KARAGEORGIOU TASOULA, KARAGIANNIS VASILIS P., KARATZAS DIONYSSIS, KARAVITIS VASSILIS, KARAYORGA OLYMPIA, KARISTIANI IOANNA, KARVELIS TAKIS, KASDAGLIS NIKOS, KASTRINAKI ANGELA, KATSALIDAS NIKOS, KATSELLI RINA, KAVANOZIS KOSTAS, KAVADIAS NIKOS A., KEFALAS ILIAS, KENTROU-AGATHOPOULOU MARIA, KERASIDIS PANAGIOTIS, KESARIDIS YANNIS, KESMETI NATASHA, KIOURTSAKIS YANNIS, KOKKINAKI NENA, KOKORIS DIMITRIS, KOLLIAKOU DIMITRA, KONOMARA LILA, KONTOLEON MANOS, KONTOS YANNIS, KOYFOPOULOS TAKIS, KOUGEAS VASSILIS, MOUMANTAREAS MENIS, KOUNTOURI ZETA, KOURSI MARIA, KOURTOVIK DEMOSTHENES, KOUSATHANAS PANAYOTIS, KOUTSOUBELI CHLOE, KOUTSOUNIS STATHIS, KYRIAKIDIS ACHILLEAS, KYRTZAKI MARIA
LADIA ELENI, LAGOURELI MARIA, LAMBADARIDOU-POTHOU MARIA, LAZARIS NIKOS, LIMPERI CLEOPATRA, LIONTAKIS CHRISTOFOROS, LIVERIADIS THEMIS, LOIZIDES VAKIS, LOUKIDOU EFTYCHIA-ALEXANDRA
MANDOGLOU ARGIRO, MANOUSSAKIS GIORGIS, MARAGKOPOULOS ARIS, MARAGOU NIKI, MARINAKI ELENI, MARKOGLOU PRODROMOS H., MARKOPOULOS THANASIS, MARKOPOULOS YORGOS, MASTORAKI JENNY, MATESSIS PAVLOS, MEGALOU-SEFERIADI LIA, MICHAELIDES MARIOS, MICHALOPOULOU AMANDA, MIHAYLOVA ZDRAVKA, MILIONIS CHRISTOFOROS, MIMS AMY, MINGAS DIMITRIS, MITRAS MICHAIL, MITROPOULOU KOSTOULA, MITSOTAKI KLAIRI, MITSOU ANDREAS, MODINOS MICHALIS, NIKOLAÏDOU SOPHIA, NIKOPOULOU IRO, NOUSSIA ELENA
PAMPOUDI PAVLINA, PANAGIOTOU GIORGOS, PANSELINOS ALEXIS, PAPADAKI ATHENA, PAPADIMITRIOU MARIA, PAPPAS GANNIS H., PASCHALIS STRATIS, PASTAKAS SOTIRIOS, PATILIS YIANNIS, PATRIKIOS TITOS, PETSETIDIS DIMITRIS, POLITI GINA, PONTIKAS MARIOS, POULIOS LEFTERIS, PRATIKAKIS MANOLIS, PSARRAS HARIS
RAFTOPOULOS DIMITRIS, RAMFOS STELIOS, RINIOTI IRENE, ROUVALIS GEORGE
SAKELLIOU LIANA, SAMARA ZOE, SAMOUILIDIS CHRISTOS, SARAKIS SOTIRIS, SFAKIANAKIS ARIS, SIDERI ALOI, SIDIRA ANGELIKI, SIOTIS DINOS, SKASSIS THONAS, SKIADARESI MARIA, SKIATHAS ANTONIS D., SOTIRIADOU KLETY, SOTIROPOULOS ERSI, SOUROUNIS ANTONIS, SOURVINOS DIMITRIS I., STAMATIS ALEXIS, STERYOPOULOS KOSTAS, STRATIGOPOULOU ANGELIKI
TAMVAKAKIS PHAEDON, THEMELIS NIKOS, THEOCHARIS GIORGOS CH., THEOFILOU NASSOS, TOMAZANI DESPINA, TRICHON-MILSANI EURYDICE, TRIVIZAS SOTIRIS, TROULLINOU NIKI, TSALIKOGLOU FOTINI, TSITAS MAKIS, TZANETAKIS YIANNIS, TZOULIS THANASSIS
VALAORITIS NANOS, VALTINOS THANASSIS, VARVERIS YANNIS, VASSILIKOS VASSILIS, VEIS YIORGOS, VENETIS THANASSIS, VENTURA IOSSIF, VISTONITIS ANASTASSIS, VLAVIANOS HARIS, VRETTOS SPYROS
XENARIOS GIORGOS
YANNARAS CHRISTOS
ZACHAROPOULOU ELENI, ZARKADAKIS GEORGE, ZARKADIS YANNIS, ZAROKOSTA KATERINA, ZATELI ZYRANA, ZEI ALKI
PREFACE
With the exception of very few names, contemporary Greek literature still remains largely unknown outside Greece. Though there have been efforts, on the part of both the state and private agencies, to promote it through translations into other languages, the appeal of Greek Literature in the international book market is inordinately limited in relation to its quality and dynamics.
For instance, the bulk of first rate Greek poetry is confined to marginal scholarly or bibliophilic publications addressed primarily to academics.
And this does not apply solely to contemporary authors but also to the established poets and prose writers of the 19th century.
The main reasons usually cited to account for this are the difficulty of the Greek language and its nuances, the quality of the translations and the mostly parochial themes that still prevail in current Greek literary production.
The predominant emotive leitmotifs (memories of Asia Minor before the Disaster of 1922, Civil War 1944-49, Emigration to Industrial centres abroad 1950s-70s, etc.) do not really touch a chord among foreign readers, while the lack of a systematic promotion of and support for the production of translations by major publishing houses abroad causes even greater difficulties in the field.
However, it is evident that a view claiming that contemporary Greek literature, more or less, is merely the management of an ancient literary tradition does not stand. Modern Greek literature can be said to be sailing as an equal amongst the fleet of world literature.
On the other hand, modern Greek is a language into which almost everything has been translated, from drop-out poets to the most popular novelists, from a multitude of languages from all over the world.
The aim of this e-anthology is to acquaint English-speaking audiences with the work of about 200 contemporary authors (poets, prose-writers, essayists), members of the Hellenic Authors’ Society, who have selected their own texts and their translators.
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In September 2003 the Hellenic Authors’ Society issued a volume entitled Greek Writers Today – An Anthology, Vol I, edited and introduced by its member, professor and translator David Connolly.
That volume, now out of print, included prose, poems and essays by 117 members translated into English.
This e-edition essentially incorporates the first volume and includes additional material with self-selections by a total of 210 members, presenting the texts of all authors who participated in the first edition (including those since deceased) together with texts by new members. Certain translations of the first edition have been substituted by new ones as supplied by the writers themselves.
The tasks of gathering and editing the texts were undertaken by our members Klety Sotiriadou and Themis Liveriadis, while the writer’s resumes were edited by Miltos Frangopoulos.
Dimitris KALOKYRIS
Ex- President of the Hellenic Authors’ Society, 2016
