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An event dedicated to the important American poet, Elizabeth Bishop…

 

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) worked in both traditional poetic forms and brilliantly arranged free verse. Her poetic work consists of five books: North and South (1946), A Cold Spring (1956), Questions of Travel (1965), The Complete Poems (1969) and Geography III (1976). Among her other distinctions, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1956 and the National Book Award in 1970.

This evening of poetry brings together eleven poets to read poems by Bishop in both the original and new translations especially made for this event: Orfeas Apergis, Antonia Gounaropoulou-Touriki, Yiannis Doukas, Lenia Safiropoulou, Katerina Iliopoulou, Panayotis Ioannidis, Lena Kallergi, Adrianne Kalfopoulou, Stergios Mitas, Artemis Michailidou, Konstantinos Plisiotis and Theodoros Chiotis. Patricia Kolaiti will present the poet’s life and work.

Information

Artist	Elizabeth Bishop
Organizer	Hellenic American Union, Words (can) do it
Venue	Hellenic American Union Theater
Start Date	17/03/2015
End Date	17/03/2015
Starting Time	19:30
Type	Talk - Presentation
Participants	Orfeas Apergis, Antonia Gounaropoulou-Touriki, Yiannis Doukas, Lenia Safiropoulou, Katerina Iliopoulou, Panayotis Ioannidis, Lena Kallergi, Adrianne Kalfopoulou, Stergios Mitas, Artemis Michailidou, Konstantinos Plisiotis, Theodoros Chiotis, Patricia Kolaiti
Languages:	Greek and English
Interpretation Provided:	No
Registration Required:	No
Reservation Required:	No
Admission Fee	Admission is free

For further information, here are the coordinates of the organizers:

 Division of Cultural Affairs

Massalias 22,
10680 Athens
Tel.: 2103680052, 2103680047, 2103680071, 2103680973
Fax: 2103633174
Email: culture@hau.gr