Filippo Maria Pontani April 30, 2026 – Posted in: Translators

Filippo Maria Pontani (1913-1983) è stato un filologo classico, bizantinista e neoellenista attivo prima a Roma e poi, dal 1966, presso l’Università di Padova. Primo traduttore di Costantino Kavafis e di Giorgio Seferis (cui lo legò una vera amicizia), editore critico di Kalvos, ha fatto conoscere in Italia anche Ritsos, Elitis e molti altri poeti neogreci. Ha tradotto inoltre i lirici e i tragici antichi, e tutta l’Antologia Palatina.

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Stratìs Tsirkas, portrait. Foto dell’autore cortesia National Bank Cultural Foundation, Photographic Archive MIET/ELIA.

Stratìs Tsirkas – Posted in: Authors

Stratìs Tsirkas (al secolo Ghiannis Chatziandreas) nacque al Cairo nel 1911. Debuttò come poeta nel 1937 e in seguito, dal 1944, si dedicò al racconto. Fu anche autore di una importante biografia di Konstantinos Kavafis, da lui frequentato ad Alessandria d’Egitto, che ricevette il premio nazionale greco nel 1959. Nel 1963 si trasferì definitivamente ad Atene. Tra il 1961 e il 1965 pubblicò il suo capolavoro, la trilogia “Città alla deriva”, formata dai romanzi Il…

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Ζακ Μπουσάρ / Jacques Bouchard March 10, 2026 – Posted in: Translators

Ο Ζακ Μπουσάρ γεννήθηκε στο Κεμπέκ το 1940. Σπούδασε στο Université Laval και απέκτησε διδακτορικό στη Νεότερη Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία από το Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (1970). Διετέλεσε καθηγητής στο Université de Montréal επί πενήντα χρόνια, μετέφρασε, μεταξύ άλλων, Έλληνες ποιητές όπως ο Καβάφης, ο Εμπειρίκος, ο Εγγονόπουλος, ο Σαχτούρης, ο Κωνσταντινίδης, αλλά και συγγραφείς όπως ο Μαυροκορδάτος, ο Μάτεσις, η Καραπάνου, η Ζατέλη, ο Καχτίτσης. Είναι μέλος της Société royale du Canada και έχει τιμηθεί με…

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Jacques Bouchard – Posted in: Translators

Jacques Bouchard est né au Québec en 1940. Il détient une licence ès lettres classiques de l’Université Laval et un doctorat en littérature néo-hellénique de l’Université Aristote de Thessalonique (1970). Professeur à l’Université de Montréal pendant cinquante ans, il a traduit entre autres les poètes Cavafy, Embiricos, Engonopoulos, Sachtouris, Constantinides, et les prosateurs Mavrocordatos, Matessis, Karapanou, Zateli, Kachtitsis. Il est membre de la Société royale du Canada et titulaire de la Croix d’or de la…

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Irene Papas portrait

Irène Papas – Posted in: Authors

Irène Papas (1929–2022) fut une actrice grecque d’envergure internationale, admirée pour son charisme singulier et sa présence austère, aussi bien à l’écran que sur scène. Son œuvre poétique demeure peu connue du grand public ; elle se distingue pourtant par une puissante originalité, nourrie à la fois de l’hellénisme classique et d’une expressivité résolument moderne, tour à tour feutrée et exacerbée.

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Richard Romanus March 2, 2026 – Posted in: Authors

Born and raised in Vermont and Connecticut Richard Romanus (1943-2023) attended Xavier University and received a BS in Philosophy. He then attended the University of Connecticut Law School for a year, after which he left school to pursue a career as an actor. He studied at the famous Actor’s Studio with Lee Strassberg and his first major role came as the character “Michael” in Martin Scorcese’s classic film Mean Streets. In the years that followed…

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Plutarch February 4, 2026 – Posted in: Authors

Greek historian PLUTARCH was born shortly before 50 CE in the small city of Chaeronia in Boeotia (Central Greece). He came from a prosperous family and studied in Athens, at Plato’s Academy. He travelled extensively in Greece, visited Alexandria in Egypt and regions of Asia Minor, and spent time in Rome, where he became friendly with illustrious Roman senators. Returning to Chaeronia he married, started a family, and assumed local public office in several capacities.…

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Roderick Beaton

Roderick Beaton December 17, 2025 – Posted in: Authors

Nato e cresciuto a Edimburgo, Roderick Beaton ha studiato Letteratura inglese a Cambridge, per poi specializzarsi in Studi di greco moderno. È professore emerito di Storia, Lingua e Letteratura greca moderna e bizantina al King’s College di Londra, dove ha insegnato per trent’anni. Beaton ha scritto vari libri di saggistica e un romanzo, dedicandosi anche a traduzioni di narrativa e poesia, sempre legate alla Grecia e al mondo di lingua greca. Quattro volte insignito del…

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National Troubadour, Guru and Soulmate October 24, 2025 – Posted in: News

Introduction to the book Dionysis Savvopoulos, The Rock Song of Our Tomorrow by Dimitris Papanikolaou Dionysis Savvopoulos is one of the most recognized and acclaimed singer-songwriters of Greece. This alone would account for his inclusion in a literary anthology and a volume of his songs translated into English—the latter has been a long time coming. But to understand his key role in Modern Greek culture, one needs to take note of a feeling of proximity,…

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