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Poet I.A. Nikolaidis: "I'm in love with Thessaloniki''

When you look from the office window of I.A. Nikolaidis, you can see the sun setting down across entire Thessaloniki and immediately you realize why this city is the inspiration for his poetry and other writing. And then there...

Poem Collection ‘Where is the Place for a Village’ by Christos Fifis Launched in Melbourne

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria, the Greek-Australian Cultural League of Melbourne and the Hellenic Writers Association of Australia presented Dr. Christos Fifis' launch of his new poem collection titled 'Where is the place for a village?'...

German Nobel Laureate Guenter Grass Writes Poem about Greece – “Europe’s Shame”

Guenter Grass is a German Nobel Literature Prize winner who wrote, two months ago, a proza poem commenting on Israel's policy regarding Iran. Back then, world society raised eyebrows and disapproved of his poem, due to "poetic faults," such...

Ukraine Celebrates the Centenary of Odysseas Elytis Birth

Τhis year marks one hundred years since the birth of  Greek Nobel laureate poet, Odysseas Elytis. The Hellenic Ministry of Culture decided to pay tribute to the Greek poet by declaring the year 2011 “Elytis’ Year” and assigning the...

Tributes to Nobel Prize Winner Odysseus Elytis

The year 2011 was declared by the Ministry of Culture as Elytis year, as 100 years have passed since the birth of the Nobel prize winning poet. The Hellenic Foundation of Culture honors the poet and organizes events...