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Reading Greece24 hours ago
📚📚On the occasion of his new poetry collection "Losing time" (Έναστρον Εκδόσεις, 2025), writer Yagos Platis spoke to Reading Greece about how time in its multi-faceted aspects is poetically expressed in his work, his poetic language and the role of readers and small book–oriented communities as more important than ever.
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Reading Greece: Yagos Platis – “The role of readers and small book-oriented communities is probably more important than ever”
Yagos Platis was born in 1993. He studied Sociology at Panteion University and had a Master’s Degree in Media and Communications (City University of London). He is working as an editor and a communication specialist. He is also a musician and a dj. He lives in Athens. Your latest writing venture X...
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Reading Greece5 days ago
📌The 15th International Symposium on the #Odyssey titled “The Homeric Epics in Greek Drama” will take place in Ithaca from 29 August to 1 September 2025.

The Symposium is organized by the Center for Odyssean Studies and the Municipality of Ithaca with the participation of distinguished Greek and foreign academics. Among the issues to be discussed are: “Aspects of life in epic and #tragedy”, “Epic echoes in #drama”, and “Epic heroes and their tragic transformation”.

To learn more about the programme and the participants visit
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https://centerforodysseanstudies.gr/en/news/programme-of-the-15th-international-symposium-on-the-odyssey/
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Reading Greece6 days ago
📚Connecting Greek books to the world📚

The GreekLit translation programme, οne of the main pillars of HFBC Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Βιβλίου και Πολιτισμού, which aims to support the dynamic Greek #book production and the promotion of Greek #authors abroad, restarted with the selection of books for the translation of entire works and for #translation sample.

The results of the evaluation committee, consisting of translator Rita Kolaiti, poet and translator Krystalli Glyniadaki, and literary critic and author Elizabeth Kotzia, have been posted on the HFBC website. 40 applications for the translation of entire works and 23 for translation samples were approved.

The GreeekLit programme is implemented by HFBC with funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, combining several actions.

See the results here (in Greek): https://elivip.gr/greeklit/egkriseis-aitimaton/
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