Antipodes Writers Festival: Celebrating Constantine Cavafy
Antipodes Writers Festival: Celebrating Constantine Cavafy
Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 June 2013
Take Place: The Wheeler Centre 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
THIS YEAR THE ANTIPODES WRITERS FESTIVAL IS DEDICATED TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY, MARKING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RENOWNED POET’S BIRTH.
The Greek poet, Konstantine Cavafy.
Born within the once thriving Greek community of Alexandria in Egypt, Cavafy is regarded as one of the foremost modern Greek poets and one of the finest poets of the 20th century.
Cavafy’s work was instrumental in establishing modern Greek poetry on the international scene, where he is still being studied, published and translated into many languages well into the 21st century.
Cavafy gained the critical attention he deserved after his death in 1933. “His life was an enigma, but his poems about ancient Alexandria and his longings for a ‘Hellenic kind of pleasure’ offer insights into a passionate nature”, Duncan Spratt, ‘The naked civil servant’, The Guardian.
International and local academics will unravel some of the multiple layers of his work. Speakers include Dr. George Syrimis (Yale University), Professor Gregory Jusdanis (Ohio State University), Dr. Maria Boletsi (Leiden University),Dr. Karen Emmerich (University of Oregon), Dr. Dimitris Papanikolaou (University of Oxford) and Professor Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney).
**DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, PROF. VRASIDAS KARALIS IS NO LONGER ABLE TO ATTEND. **
A Date with Cavafy is an open mic event, inviting lovers of Cavafy’s work to read their favourite piece.
A number of guest speakers will also be part of this session including author and ABC Radio presenter Phil Kafcaloudes, media personality George Donikian, writer Hariklia Heristanidis and actor/director Tony Nikolakopoulos.
Register your interest by emailing info@antipodesfestival.com.au. A special addition to the program is a screening of The Barbarians, an immersive opera by Constantine Koukias inspired by the iconic poet and commissioned by the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania.
We hope you enjoy this mini celebration of the monumental literary figure that was Constantine P. Cavafy.
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