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The plural Love, a noun - alias substantive, indeed substantive, in the singular form,

Born and raised in Athens, Greece, Kiki Dimoula worked for many years at the Bank of Greece before leaving to care for her two children full-time. Her first collection of poems translated into English was  The Brazen Plagiarist: Selected Poems  (2012, translated by Cecile I. Margellos and Rika Lesser). Earlier collections

When you set out on the way to Ithaki wish for a long, eventful journey, full of adventure, full of understanding. Of Laistrygonians and Cyclops, the raging Poseidon, never be afraid. You’ll never find such things on your way if all your thoughts remain noble,

Nikiforos Vrettakos, is one among the greatest poets and prose writers of Greece. Vrettakos has won a number of prizes and medals and has been nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Nikiforos Vrettakos was born on 1st January 1912 in the village of Krokees, Laconia. He lived

Even if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it by too much contact with the world, by too much activity and talk. Do not degrade it by dragging it along, taking it around and exposing it so often to the daily silliness of social relations and parties, until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on. Constantine P. Cavafy

Love, a noun - alias substantive, indeed substantive, in the singular form, neither feminine nor masculine,

-What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. -Why isn't anything going on in the senate? Why are the senators sitting there without

Kiki Dimoula’s mature poetry added an altogether new dimension to Modern Greek poetry. Having experienced the drama of the existential dissolution of post-war humanity and at the same time the dead ends in a world that has lost the gift of faith, her poetry mapped a world that’s both

C.P. Cavafy is widely considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the twentieth century. He was born in 1863 in Alexandria, Egypt, where his Greek parents had settled in the mid-1850s. Cavafy’s father was an importer-exporter whose business responsibilities frequently led him to the port city of Liverpool, England. Cavafy’s father died in 1870, and the business he left in Alexandria proved insufficiently profitable for Cavafy’s mother and eight siblings. The family consequently

Born Odysseus Alepoudelis on November 2nd, 1911, in Heraklion on the island of Crete, with origins in Mytilene, Odysseus Elytis is his literary alias. Some of his famous poems are Worthy it Is, Sun the First, Orientations and many more. He’s acknowledged as

You spoke of things they did not see and they laughed. But you row the dark river upon the waters; you take the unknown road blindly, stubborn and search for deeprooted words like a multiknotted olive tree –

George Seferis is one of the most important Greek poets. Seferis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. His real name was Georgios Seferiades. He was born on 13 March 1900 in Smyrna, Asia Minor. He attended school in Smyrna and finished his studies at the Gymnasium in Athens. In 1918, his family moved to Paris where Seferis studied

Eftychia Papayannopoulou was the first female lyricist in Greece, a strong personality who, through her songs, sealed all the modern history of the country. She sold her lyrics so that she could live and play cards, in her songs one could discover

Kostas Varnalis was a Greek poet, writer and journalist. He has written poems, narrative works, criticism and translations. His work has a well-formed form and plasticity in expression. It is characterized

Ancient Greek literature influenced the Latin Literature first and foremost, and then the European literature until the 18th century. Ancient Greece is considered one of the first civilizations, and arguably one of the most important in world history. With knowledge in