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LITERATURE
Dionysios Solomos (Διονύσιος Σολωμός) is considered the national poet of Greece- not only because he…
The oldest public library in Greece, the Public Historical Library of Zakynthos, gets new life.…
There is a buzz about Greek-Australian author Andrew Pippos’ debut novel ‘Lucky’s’. Recently, it was featured…
The works of Greek poet, painter, and 1979 Nobel Prize winner Odysseas Elytis have been analysed by art experts and curators all around the world, while his poems have been studied in Greek schools for decades. The Greek Ministry of Culture is creating a museum house in Plaka, Athens designed to look like Elytis’s real-life home to hold his paintings, poems, notebooks and personal belongings.
Popular British author Victoria Hislop is calling on the Greek government to open bookshops during…
With a primary message message to the reader being to never give up hope; keep on fighting for what is right, the beautiful book ‘Elia’ by Greek Australian author Stella Sorotou is sure to bring a tear to your eye.
A day before Greece’s lockdown 2.0, a long queue formed outside a well-known bookstore in…
Nikos Kazantzakis is widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature. He was born in…
Inside one of Santorini’s stunning whitewashed houses in the village of Oia, you will find…
A beautifully illustrated story by Chrysavgi Sakellaropoulou and Spyros Theocharis has brought the East Roman…
Jackie O once said: “When you look back on your life, you hardly recognize the person you once were. Like a snake shedding skins.” The story about the amazing transformation of Jackie in the 5 years between her marriages to President John F. Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis.
American poet Louise Glück has been awarded The Nobel Prize for literature “for her unmistakable…
Second generation Greek Australian Billy Cotsis, has written a number of books including the acclaimed Many Faces of Hellenic Culture, Once upon a time in Crystal Palace and From Pyrrhus to Cyprus. Recently, he has added one more to his publishing list- 1453: Constantinople & the Immortal Rulers or there are no dogs here.
Inspired by the recognition that Kastellorizio’s once thriving culture was being lost and scattered, Nick Bogiatzis’ latest book ‘Kastellorizian Jewellery. A Dispersed Archive of a Past Culture’ provides an absorbing and informative insight into the island’s jewellery.
If the current COVID-19 pandemic has taught anything, is that the most precious and happy…
Prominent Greek academic and literary figure Dinos Christianopoulos, passed away in Thessaloniki on Tuesday aged…
Victoria Hislop, the renowned author of bestsellers including “The Island”, “Those Who Are Loved”, “The…
“The booklet of originally sixty print pages in the Greek language, published by the war…
By Maydaa Nadar Today we celebrate the beloved Greek poet Constantine Cavafy. He was born…