He opened his Facebook business page for the usual reason. A comic book creator, after all, uses technology to showcase their work and network with others. On that day, however, Elias Chatzoudis “connected” with something else.
BOOKS
More than 10 years after the plug was pulled on the National Book Center of Greece (EKEVI) in 2013, a new agency representing the Greek book market and literary world is in the offing, with greater funding capabilities, including from private sources, and a broader remit, taking over responsibilities that have, until now, belonged to the Culture Ministry’s Literature Directorate.
Greek artist and music collective The Callas presents “Love Solidarity Death (L.S.D.): The Book.” This event combines a book launch, art exhibition and a live performance, delving into The Callas’ psychedelic universe and their 20-year creative journey.
At the most wonderful time of the year, there is one tradition that John Maguire remembers fondly: his Liverpudlian grandmother trying to scare the daylights out of him.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz, was a one-of-a-kind wonder when it premiered on television in 1965, and remains so almost 60 years later.
In a new biography, Philip Norman writes about the “paradox” of George Harrison, a man who was “unprecedentedly, ludicrously, suffocatingly famous while at the same time undervalued, overlooked and struggling for recognition.”
In the annals of history, certain individuals rise as the architects of transformation, challenging norms and sculpting the destiny of humanity.
A presentation of “Greek Pioneers in Medical and Biomedical Sciences, 1821-2021” (2023), which was published recently in Greek and English, will take place on December 14 at The Demos Center (17 Ipitou, Plaka).
Vassilis Vassilikos, a highly acclaimed Greek writer best known for his 1967 political novel “Z,” has passed away at the age of 89.
A book co-authored by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky became a bestseller in 2018. Its ominous title, “How Democracies Die,” not only provided insights into the erosion of institutions triggered by the rise of Donald Trump, but also proved prophetic concerning the subsequent challenging of election results and the attack on the US Capitol.
British classicist and art historian Caroline Vout received the London Hellenic Prize award during a recent ceremony held at the Hellenic Center in London for her book, “Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body” (published by Profile/Wellcome).
The general public became acquainted with George Pavlakis, the top Greek doctor and medical researcher, from his live television appearances from the United States during the first few months of the Covid pandemic.
Potamos Publications presents the Greek edition of “Voices of the Lost Children of Greece,” a collection of essays from Greek-born adoptees from Greece to the USA and the Netherlands in the years of the Cold War, at the Epi Lexi bookstore (32 Akadimias) at 7 p.m. on November 22.
“What is left of the father at the time of his complete degradation?” This conceptual reflection dominates the book by Italian psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati titled “The Telemachus Complex: Parents and Children after the Decline of the Father,” recently published in Greek by Kelefthos Publications.
The first time Michael Whelan was warned that robots were coming for his job was in the 1980s.
Fiction originally written in Vietnamese, Polish and French and poetry in German, Arabic and Greek are among this year’s finalists for National Translation Awards.
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