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Reading Greece12 hours ago
📚📚How does #literature converse with history? Does literature constitute the binding thread between the #History of a place and the various micro-stories of its inhabitants?

On the occasion of the publication of her two-volume novel "From Sun to Sun", which will be broadcast by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), #writer Mary Kontzoglou spoke to Reading Greece about the meeting point between literature and history, and the fascination of narrating those "smaller stories, which may not have altered the course of history, but quietly shaped the lives of ordinary people".

📷Meni Seiridou

Εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο - Ekdoseis Metaixmio
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Reading Greece: Mary Kontzoglou – “What captivates me are the smaller stories, which may not have altered the course of history, but quietly shaped the lives of ordinary people”
Mary Kontzoglou was born in Thessaloniki and studied Political Science at Panteion University. She has worked in Communication roles for major Greek companies. Her novels are published by METAICHMIO Publications and include: The Honey of the Sea (2008), Walk with Your Angel (2009), the trilogy The M...
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🎉The 8th Patras World Poetry Festival opens its gates from 15 to 21 September 2025, with France as its country of honour and the participation of 83 #poets from 23 countries, aiming to turn the capital of Western Greece into a cultural hub and bring poetry to the national and international fore.

This year's theme "Voices beyond the horizon" treats #poetry as a language of connection in uncertain times. The theme addresses a world characterized by instability—where poetry offers reflection, solidarity, and a shared public space.

For more info 👉https://pwpf.gr/plirofories-8ou-festival-poiisis/
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Reading Greece3 days ago
📚ΝΕW BOOK RELEASE📚

A gripping and revealing new biography of one of the greatest modern Greek poets, C.P. Cavafy, was recently published by distinguished arts and science professor at the Ohio State University, Gregory Jusdanis, and associate professor of English at Suffolk University, Boston, Peter Jeffreys (Summit Books UK, 2025).

“Alexandrian Sphinx: The Hidden Life of Constantine Cavafy” chronicles the extraordinary story of his family, the vicissitudes of their fortunes, and their eventual poverty when they left Egypt and moved to Liverpool, London and Istanbul. As the poet reached adulthood, his story centred on his beloved Alexandria, the city that nourished his imagination and became for him a metaphor of both his poetry and modern life. Deep archival research uncovers the poet’s relationships with his teenage companions, his friends of middle age, and the individuals whom in later life he enlisted in his steadfast pursuit of fame.

Yet, the book tells not only of Cavafy’s life but of his work and his artistic journey, from his early poetic experiments to his startling reinvention in middle age, when he renounced much of what he had written and developed a radical new poetics. Erotic, philosophical, and linguistically suggestive, this widely imitated yet singular style is now recognized and revered as Cavafian.

Read more👉 https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/09/constantine-cavafys-melancholy-and-majesty
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