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📚📚One the occasion of his latest novel "The night will fall", one of the most distinguished contemporary Greek writers Konstantinos Tzamiotis spoke to Reading Greece about the relation of #literature with its surrounding social environment, and the way the various micro-stories of his heroes are inextricably linked with the History of the world.

"It’s my firm belief that if you don’t know where you come from, you won’t know where to go next. Yet, knowing your roots can often be extremely complicated if not painful. That’s why sweet revisionism and even sweeter nostalgia prevail these days. Most of us Westerners have lived a rather easy life compared to previous generations. This has clouded and narrowed our horizons. It has made us believe that History is over and that from now on, only constant progress awaits us. But History was, is and will always be here. Especially nowadays we all understand what that means".

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ReadingGreece: KonstantinosTzamiotis – “Literature helps us better understand and even expand reality”
Konstantinos Tzamiotis was born in 1970 in Larissa. He studied cinema. He lives in Athens. His books include The City and Silence (2013), The Invention of Shadow (2008), Parabola (2006), The Degree of Difficulty (2005), Deep Well (2003), The Encounter (2002). His short stories have been published in...
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The Contemporary Art Museum of Crete Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης Κρήτης presents the exhibition “What you wear is what you are”, a compelling exploration of how fashion intersects with art and politics, identity and culture, personal and social expression.
The exhibition also pays tribute to the late Sophia Kokosalaki, the London-based, internationally renowned fashion designer.
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Kokosalaki’s Legacy and the Art of Fashion at the CCA
The Contemporary Art Museum of Crete (CCA) in Rethymno presents the exhibition “What you wear is what you are”, a compelling exploration of how fashion intersects with art and politics, identity and culture, personal and social expression. The exhibition features works by 29 artists and designer...
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Ancient Poliochne, on the east coast of Lemnos, is one of the earliest urban centers of the Early Bronze Age (3200–2100BC) and the first known city in Europe with a civic and social structure—considered the earliest evidence of democracy #Lemnos #Democracy
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Poliochne on the Island of Lemnos: The Earliest Evidence of Social and Civic Structure in Europe
Ancient Poliochne, on the east coast of the North Aegean island of Lemnos is considered one of the major early urban centers of the Early Bronze Age (c. 3200 – 2100 BC) and the first city in Europe with a basic social and civic structure. Positioned on an elongated rise near the cove of Vroskopos ...
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