ATHENS IN POEMS

Παρουσίαση

Athens in Poems reveals the glorious palimpsest that is Athens mapping the city one poem at a time from the 1880s to 2010s. Walk through the streetscapes of Athens, reflect on the city's historical development and see how poetry becomes attentive to the dynamic instability of the urban space. Watch as the city is built with language and create your own imaginative map of Athens. Wander around Athens of the 1880s, imagine the circular Omonia Square of the 1930s, visit the Shooting Range of Kaisariani during the Nazi Occupation and reach the gate of the Polytechnic School in the 1970s. Look at the capital as a huge fish tank in the 1980s, discover the bastion of Kokkinia, get to love the city's concrete block of flats and pause for a while to have a glass of ouzo at the Athens Railway Station. Have a quick stop at the Perama district just off Pireaus and, at the start of a new century, find a chrysalis beneath Acharnon Avenue and voyage in Athens as in an ocean you can call your own.
This is a map of Athens you may call your own. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Guide to Athens in Poems: A travelogue
Guide of Athens Useful to the Public [1886] by Georgios Souris
Fatherlands, III [1895] by Kostes Palamas
Athens [1921] by Kostas Karyotakis
Circular Symphony [1933] by Nicolas Calas
A Word for Summer [1936] by George Seferis
Tram and Acropolis [1938] by Nikos Engonopoulos
1938 Athens [1946] by Stratis Tsirkas
Christmas 1943 [1945] by Miltos Sachtouris
An Incident in Athens [1950] by Dinos Christianopoulos
74a, Kallidromiou St [1956] by Ares Diktaios
Athens Night [1959] by Elli Pappa
Changed Time [1961] by Nikos Karouzos
Kafeneion "Sariza" on the Corner of Zoodochou Pigis and Didotou [1962] by Costas Montis
The City I was Born in [1963] by Titos Patrikios
Shooting Range of Kaisariani [1964] by Yannis Ritsos
Sign of Recognition [1971] by Kiki Dimoula
The Sky [1971] by Nikos Fokas
Morning Time [1971] by Natassa Hadjidaki
Roads [1973] by Lefteris Poulios
November 1973 [1973] by Nikolas Asimos
The Door of the Polytechnic [1974] by Yannis Ritsos
Death in Exarchia [1974] by Nasos Vayenas
My Friends [1978] by Katerina Gogou
Capital 1980 by Mellisanthe
Kokkinia [1982] by Yannis Ritsos
The City [1983] by Tasos Leivaditis
O Land of Attica [1984] by Yannis Patilis
The Burial of the Dead [extract from Ereme Ge, 1984, 1996] by Elias Lagios
Drinking Ouzo Mostly Alone at the Station [1986] by Giannis Varveris
Perama [1991] by Tassos Denegris
The Story of a Kite [1995] by Marios Markides
The Fabulous Vigilance of a Fertile Line [2001] by Maria Tataraki
Berth/Sonnet [2010] by Giorgos Ikaros Bampasakes
Kallidromiou St [2015] by Thanos Anestopoulos
List of Collections Used
Notes on the Poems
The poets
The editor