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To those who think that Greece does not matter today, let me say that they could not make a bigger mistake. Today, like old Greece, is of the utmost importance for anyone looking to find himself.
Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American author
Was it, what was it? It was a fall with a face In the first plural They were bodies that asked for redemption They were looks that could not bear to see themselves in the other. In desire there was no thought. Only an act like a crime that does not ask for explanation. And when it was over, no...
Theater as a high art has a redemptive power, it is the very affirmation of life that requires a secret, almost ritualistic interaction between the audience and the creator. The audience derives from this experience deep pleasure, while the...
"I Decide Eclipse" is the first poetry collection by Stavri Doumaziou, which has just been released in an elegant volume by Enypnio Publications. The title is suggestive, as if the poet wants to close a chapter by bringing catharsis to the new cycle that will open...
"I Must Hurry" is a collection of short stories with a moving and true recording of the fragility of the internal battles that man fights with his shadows. In each short story, Zeta Kountouri gives intense emotional charge and realistic images, which...
The book written by Fotini Tsalikoglou, "Joseph Came Later," is not a simple family story but a psychological drama in which each member of the family represents a different version of human fragility. Her creative eye...
Maria Koursi's writing in the collection Time in Titles highlights the author's poetic maturity. The poems conquer the reader silently, with the precision and clarity of a voice that knows the sensible, the supersensible as well as the...
The poetry collection "A Garden Has Sprouted in My Language" by Rome Publications is a book that you don't just leaf through, but embrace completely. You walk through it as if you were entering a garden that has been cultivated with care, with memory, with pain, with complaint and with...
I will speak in the first plural, without leaving myself out to avoid didactics. We are experiencing an era when misery is constantly increasing but our conscience remains uninvolved. Wars, disasters, refugees, hunger, drownings, and yet we continue as if we were...
"Hypatia" by Dimitris Varvarigos is The Monologue of a Free Woman, which became a timeless figure in the field of science, knowledge, power, and freedom. Through a monologue by Hypatia, we learn aspects of her life and way of thinking. The...
The prolific author, screenwriter and playwright Dimitris Varvarigos speaks to Alexandra Manou about "Word Journeys", in a discussion focusing on creative writing, his journey in the field of books and theater, as well as the works and...
The book Wet Fire by Nikos Kyriazis, from Anubis Publications, is a mature text that captivates you from the first page. The story begins in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the 7th century AD, at a time when Byzantium is trying to hold its own against the unstoppable...
Areti Grigoriadi makes her presence known in letters with the novel "The Rest of Myself" from Businessrise Publishing House. Reading the book, I did not expect that I would be confronted with reality. And when I say reality...
"In Perpetuity" is the second poetry collection by Konstantina Panagiotopoulou from Kyverti Publications. The collection consists of 71 poems divided into two sections. The first, titled "Dawning", with 36 poems and the second, "Darkening", with 35...
In a small fishing village in Evia, the residents had a strange ethos. They were quite animal-loving and loved their animals immensely. However, this love for animals seemed to stand in contrast to their solidarity with their fellow humans. Maria, a young girl with...
In every neighborhood, in every park, you will see people walking dogs, taking care of them with devotion, speaking to them with tenderness, addressing them as if they were their friends, and perhaps, indeed, that is what they are. And yet, these same people may not offer...
Georgia Giota's new poetry collection with the characteristic symbolic title "Euflekton deras" refers not only to the golden fleece of ancient myths, but also to the precious price of the inner search. "Euflekton deras" is not external glory or...
publications: Business Rise Publishing House Nelson Mandela Symbol of Freedom and Struggle against Apartheid No one was born a slave to another. We and ours were born brothers, all of one mother, and we deem it unworthy that one should be a tyrant or...
ALKISTIS ..OTHERWISE" Free adaptation of DIMITRIS VARVARIGOU-LEFKOTHEAS MARIAS GOLGAKIS in the work of EURIPIDES "ALKISTIS" directed by Katerina Mandeli. We are waiting to welcome you at the Spiritual Center of Petroupoli, on 21/10/2024, Monday with 2...
White is considered the color of perfection and is directly associated with innocence, purity, and virginity. White means light, purity. Exactly this light is diffused in the short stories of Efsatathia Dimos in her book, "White Landscape", where the landscape is itself...
Fear the pernicious inexplicables. the things that don't have a name and you can't name them and yet they happened, you lived them, they suited you, they shook you, they're almost sick and maybe maybe when the devil takes you, you want it all over again, even if they scare you more...
edited by Elpidophoros Indzebelis Another collective book CYPRUS 1974 – 2024 Fifty years after the invasion, from the Greek publishing house, after the book "Smyrni", always edited by Elpidophoros Indzebelis. Books full of memories from our recent history that...
Through the dense veil of everyday life, we often forget the power that lies deep in our hearts. Like the little giant that sleeps in each of us, ready to wake up and surprise the world with its power. Can this power be expressed...
Between the five streets in the dirty alley with the puddles and the muddy water with the buckets overflowing in the garbage steps in front of the pink-punk shop in the dark corner two girls kiss passionately Themistocleus crosses in a pleated skirt the man with...
How true can a story be? How extreme events can be to seem mythical. Adorning the epitaph, it is the 5th novel of the prolific Dimitris Georgas, who always strives in his texts; and much more so in the said...
"The red birds" from Dromo publications, is a collection of poems consisting of four sections: "Sad word. The larvae. The red birds. Once upon a time". In a set of forty-seven poems. The poetry about Paschalis Katsikas is...
The first appearance of Olga Oikonomido in Greek letters, with the collection of 47 poems entitled "Thamnolivada" by Mandragoras publications. The presence of the poetess is by no means negligible as she shows experienced and time-tested writing giving her...
There is widespread interest in the performance of the work "War has no woman's face" by the Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich, which was presented in conception and interpretation by Katia Gerou and Natalia Georgosopoulos, in a dramaturgical adaptation by Pantelis Boukalas. A...
The collection "Deuterology" is the second book by Varvara Christias from Pikramenos publications. Poetry in general as a whole is an important learning experience for people. The poet is well aware of this and with her writing conveys...
"Sauna" by Miltos Karatzimas at the Vafeio Theater From October 10 and every Tuesday at 21.00 pm Directed by Marios Makropoulos Five strangers meet in the sauna of a remote hotel. The project that targets social stereotypes, us...
November 17th is freedom day in Greece, to commemorate the Polytechnic uprising in 1973, when Greek students and citizens protested against the junta of colonels. During this event, they arrested and punished many...
I always like when I read about a serious book to want to express my opinion. In the book "The roots of the Mandragora" I came across a serious writing, a direct speech, with the author's obvious desire to delve into the mental world of her heroes and heroines....
THE ORIGINAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE ODES OF ANDREA CALVOS WITH THE EPITHAL SPEECH OF PERICLUS Comparison and convergence are two different concepts that refer to the analysis and connection of different works of art. Comparison refers to the investigation of...
"Insane Relationships" novel, the fifth book by Venetia Pitziladi-Swart, published by Oceanos, with a first print run, like all her books, of 20.000 copies. And as always, the author writes books of characters created out of her need to...
As the politicians in Greece keep the people captive by throwing them a paltry allowance so that they bow their heads and accept their fate. In the same way they catch monkeys in India. They tie a bottle with a narrow mouth to a tree...
And while the war over Aristophanes' Wasps from the National Theater rages among theater people, a modern Aeschylus exists and circulates among us. I read his book "Screams of Women, My Troy" and experienced a literary work...
Kostas T. Rizakis, Giorgos Deliopoulos: glyphs of the impossible. 1 of the woman's thirty traps We live in a strange time, many things are catalyzed and others are discredited. Our life needs a radical reset, a drawing of new paths away from trodden steps....
A human majestic beauty overwhelmed the streets of every city in Greece. Young people are finally standing up. They take the future of the country on their backs. Their abstention in previous years was not indifference, but the deep dirty, fascist state...
Lights in Diapason, is the last book of Eleni Artemiou-Fotiadou's collection of poems. The collection begins with William Shakespeare's motto: Everything is a show, as if predisposing us to the theatricality of her poems that we are about to read in a...
A sensational show filled with all the elements that serve in the theater the truth of life: Acting, pantomime, music, song, movement, dance, subtle sense of humor, parody, sarcasm, which create a perfect overall effect. The text...
"Prometheus Crucified" Alcmeni theater and every Saturday at 7 p.m. Three years after his first theatrical monologue "Emperor Hadrian", Christos Liakopoulos returns with his new work "Prometheus Crucified". The performance aims to demonstrate the.. .
There are no diseases, there are patients. With the words of Hippocrates in my mind, I read these five wonderful stories from a sensitive person, a nephrologist, who with his book enlightens the general public about the real problem of the process that...
Psychological novel. "Not a day more" psychological novel, the fourth book of Venetia Pitziladi - Swart, with a first print run of 20.000 copies. A book of characters created with unbridled imagination and writing skill as a conception. The subject of...
Mary Magoula's new book entitled "When the Bosphorus froze" is her fourth book from Metaichmio publications and its main theme is about the rare natural phenomenon of the Bosphorus freezing. It is another successful book with plot and...
Maria Baritaki, through her pampolas and essential sensitivities from the difficult scenarios that exist in our modern society, wrote a fairy tale about the difficult subject of diversity. the Title is: The Crab, with a clarifying subtitle, a story...
ANOTHER PLACE THEATER Original theatrical performance-direction: Nikos Kamtsis written by Dimitris Varvarigos A creature swallows the centuries and from a man becomes a woman and manages to desperately love both the woman and the man. Orlando a particularly neat...
March 17, 22 to September 18, 22, a period of intense emotional charge, brought to light the twelfth poetry collection of the most prolific and qualitative writer, Eleni Ghika, which concludes with 46 poems full of observations and...
December's kiss. A chain of murders at the heart of the civil war. Another novel by Panos Amyras with a rich plot and action with lots of information about the difficult...
The words that build verses sometimes conform to the chaos of emotions. As an innate tendency, Konstantina Marini records her own inner world with the collection consisting of 29 poems with the general title: "Hands and Time". With obvious intent, the title...
"Good morning to the Free Greeks who believe in Man, in equality, in self-determination, in respect and in dignity." Dimitris Varvarigos ''ATHENS November 16, 1973 Beautiful children with big eyes like churches without pews, beautiful children of ours with...
Maria Skouroliakou's poetry is the well-organized recording of existential reserves and the synthesis of experiences that spring from the sunless depths of consciousness and imagination, manifesting through her rich emotional world an inexhaustible spirit, where...
The poetry of Philareti Byzantium is not content with the delicate description of the phenomenology of the love experience, as is often the case with this serious part of human life. Filareti digs deeper, looking for the often subconscious causes that cause it and...
My heart without your heart/ collapses. My thought without your thought/ dissolves. From voice to silence. Pertha Kalemi's new book, an elegant volume, consists of 62 poems, love ballads. With unbridled emotion, the poet records...
The whole world is a theater stage and everyone in his life has many roles to play, and the poet approaches these roles and clearly tries to balance between the tangible and the ideal, with verses that are malleable, secretive and suggestive. With...
How many unconfessed secrets, how many senses of good and evil can be captured in a diary. An entire life digested so that the light does not reach the truths of the people who lived them. How many truths hidden, until time throws its...
"For you who left early", emblematic title of Ioanna Lazarou's first novel. A story that is completed through 34 chapters where events from the 2nd world war are passed, as they were lived and faced by its heroes throughout the...
Ships of the sun, is the first collection of Maria Drogitis. The collection is divided into three sections. Patroa- Mitroa – The Other Voice. Dedicated to her mother who taught her the world through lyrics. Memories from a past life flood the pages. Memories that...
How much passion and how much love a person must have in himself to create a tender dream, very big and great. And the great is created by the dynamic man who works tirelessly with faith and dedication to his work. Such a man...
In the Pemptousia.tv show "Traveling with a book", we watched an interesting discussion with Dimitris Varvarigos. It is a show about the book, reading, and literary current affairs. Dimitra Barota and Natalia Dandolou...
Makis Tsitas, once again surprises us with his beautiful and imaginative writing. This time through theatrical speech he travels us with ten one-act plays, so direct, imposing and full of a subtle bittersweet humor about human relationships. THE...
With dreams no one can be strict. They are like spontaneous children, naughty, unruly. They exist in the mind, they roam carelessly and conquer the mind. The same goes for colors and letters. Mixing colors and knitting words. In ...
Writing is the medium that travels our lives mentally. It is a beautiful journey into the unexplored grandeur of an imaginary world that takes on flesh and blood within the pages. Dedication and love for writing rewards every emotion, it becomes one of the most ...
Comparative studies in the analysis of his poemsErobiography - Comments Charalambos Katsaras, author of the book, made a rich and thorough study of Byron's life and work, giving the Greek literature an unparalleled work, with ...
Figures of 1821 in Otto's Greece by the Belgian diplomat Benjamin Mary The story has a face through the inspirational painting of the Belgian diplomat Benjamin Mary. This album, as a kind of photo album, is a ...
From the first time we met Nikos Katsalidas I realized his diverse personality and today we were given the opportunity to talk and learn more about him and his course Nikos Katsalidas was born in Ano Lesinitsa, ...
Written by Jeni Contarini Kokkali, author The modern writer, the old-fashioned writer I just felt the awe that overwhelms you when you live up close the simplicity, the kindness, the absolutely right behavior, the open mind, the incredibly diverse personality ...
In Pyra, the title of the fifth poetry collection of Niovi Ioannou published by Mandragoras. The collection consists of 58 poems, including three petty bonsai as a result of intense memory and lime emotions. The collection...
Kostoula Tomadaki and I have been living together for years in beautiful St. Petersburg, which nurtures in its bowels many excellent and successful creators in every art. Writers, actors, directors, musicians Kostoula Tomadaki and no one wants to ...
I met Katerina Manteli in her studio, somewhere in Piraeus. Crouched with dedication to a short film to do the difficult as well as complex editing work.
Another collective book on the glorious uprising of 1821 was published by Gema with the participation of 33 contemporary and renowned authors. 33 historical narratives that reveal the actions of persons - fighters and ordinary people - that constitute a story completing those aspects of the liberation struggle from the Turkish yoke.
4X4 It is not easy to write opinions about a collective poetic work attributed to 4 acclaimed creators. Each one has their own path and dynamic identity in the field of contemporary literary reality.
Short experiential - narrative stories. I would dare to say that it is the passage of a whole life from the experience that "the doctor ανάμεσα acquired among the others" passed, met, shared, with ordinary people, important rich or poor, but always with people evidenced with all those sensibilities that complete the human entity.
Our ancient history is topical and timeless. Full of myths with concepts that have paved the way for the younger generations to follow and inspire. A similar inspiration from the love that Grigoris Tehlemetzis has for ancient Greece, prompted him to write the ...
The title of the ninth book by Viki Dermani is emblematic and emblematic as the words become scalpels to engrave on paper essential meanings that only poetry can project at the same time the comprehensible, the different and ...
"Noble Navigation" the 16th book by Dimitra Christodoulou, from Melani publications. Reading her poetry, the sense of refuge disappears in front of the active force of the tragedy of the human senses and situations, setting in motion the ...
"The Trap" is a rich, meticulous, hardcover volume of 520 pages from Kastaniotis publications. It is always time for the author to apologize for what has been narrated through his writing. As if a guilty honesty eats him to bring to light the true ...
The white room Alexis Stamatis Kastaniotis Publications An original work with an idea for characters created by the theatrical discourse of great and timeless writers. Godfathers as the Godfather of all calls them, writer Alexis Stamatis. Ερρίκος Ίψεν ....
The "brothers" is the fifth book written by George Sympardis, from Metaichmio publications. It is a novel that comes to add to the genre a formed view that the author has deservedly won a special place in the reading public and therefore in ...
SHADOWS OF KLYTAIMNISTRA A book with lyrical writing and many allegorical elements. It tells us about the power that coincides with the most intensely experienced loneliness, it becomes a stimulus, a message, an opportunity to know the meaning of those who experienced the climax and who ...
The historical novel, in addition to the absolute dedication it requires to be written, also needs courage. I consider it to be the most difficult type of writing as the author has to follow the historical facts through any existing bibliography. The ...
A novel with real characters, in the dark years an occupation of Athens. Athens 1943. Occupation. An angel falls to Earth. With clipped wings, he crashes into the wall of time and disguises himself as a strange detective, Angelos Sotiriou. Koutsos ...
1821 The 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821 was the trigger or, if you will, the challenge for twenty-seven contemporary writers to bring our historical past to life. Wanting to honor and shed light on various events and its heroes ...
Romos Filiras: It is good and appropriate to remember people who left in their lives a stone on the altar of art and took the world one step forward in the future with the great work. Romos Filiras was born in 1888 in Derveni, Corinth and died in ...
Zeta KountourisSoon before it rainsShortsKedros Publications Reading the stories of Zeta Kountouris, a kind irony emerges about the events from the actions of the people -of her heroes- along with a bittersweet taste as the loss and the relationships are the ...
Jenny Dagla appears in Greek letters through theatrical speech making an important course writing 6 theatrical comments. A few years pass enough for the maturity of the author and restless creative spirit as it turns out, she is devoted to ...
The indulgence of reading stems not only from the general lightness of a subject, but from the substantive reflection it offers. ΔΒ. From the summary of the book "Little girl around four dressed in his rose innocence with the unruly ponytail and ...
How true can a story be? How extreme it can be to imagine a myth even though we know that in life everything happens and all events have preceded it, so that the creator can inspire a subject and write it. Notes...
Hypatia Historical novel 24 letters editions Author's notes In a few words from the back cover of the book is recorded the shocking story of the woman who taught the Greek spirit everywhere, clashed with the clergy and was accused of being a witch. 4th –...
Lily Exarchopoulou Illegal Anger Melanie Publications Written by Dimitris Varvarigos Lily Exarchopoulou, with Secret Anger, breaks out in herself for the other's mistakes. Reading her poetry you feel that you have gained a sweet bitterness. Through the rich language ...
Life is… Triantaphyllia Xinta published 24 letters by Dimitris Varvarigos - What is Life? -My breath! -For me, love! - Elusive! How did you manage to find her? -Easy! I have the child with me! All the love of the universe in one soul! He knows what is going on! ...
Five StagesMakis TsitasMetaichmio Publications Dimitris Varvarigos Writes "Five Stages", the new book by Makis Tsitas from Metaichmio Publications. The narration of a woman's life given in a mildly realistic way, just like many events in life. Tassoula ...
In AtoponopiiNiovi IoannouMandragoras Publications 2017Write Dimitris Varvarigos Reading the poetic collection of Niovi Ioannou, "In Atopon", by Mandragoras, I increasingly tend to believe that it is a matter of correct analogy ...