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NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
CONTENTS
1. COMMEMORATIVE SYMPOSIUM FOR THE 54TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE DEATH OF NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
2. GRAND OPENING OF THE RENOVATED
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS
[PATROCLOS STAVROU]
3. NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS’ SAVIORS OF GOD AT THE “THEATRO TIS IMERAS”
5. NEW EDITION
PERMANENT COLUMNS
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE KAZANTZAKIS
PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU]
MESSAGE FROM THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS
[PATROCLOS STAVROU]
NEWSLETTER FALL 2011
COMMEMORATIVE CIRCLE OF EVENTS
IN HONOR OF THE 54th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DEATH OF
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
OCTOBER 26, 27, and 28, 2011
The Commemorative Circle of Events organized by the Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos Stavrou] in honor of the 54th anniversary of the death of Nikos Kazantzakis, the uncompromising man of Crete, concluded with a resounding success after a three-day tribute.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
COMMEMORATIVE SYMPOSIUM OCTOBER 26, 2011
On October 26, 2011, the Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos Stavrou] held the Symposium entitled “Nikos Kazantzakis: In the Footsteps of the Man and Creator” at the UIndy Athens Cultural Center (former Goulandri Horn Foundation) in Plaka, Athens, near the Roman Agora overlooking the Tower of the Winds. The Director of the Kazantzakis Publications, Niki P. Stavrou addressed the vast audience and Dr. Andreas Voskos, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Greek Philology at the School of Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens delivered his opening address and declared the commencement of the Symposium. In the first thematic unit entitled “The Encyclopedic Kazantzakis” the Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos Stavrou] presented to the public their new publication, “The Nikos Kazantzakis Entries in the Eleftheroudakis Encyclopedic Lexicon [1927-1931]”, a work which brings to light one of the lesser known aspects of the intellectual output of the great Greek thinker.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
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The distinguished speakers on this topic included
Maria Yiouroukou, Doctor of French Language and
Philology of the School of Philosophy at the
University of Athens, who, together with the
Publisher, Dr. Patroclos Stavrou , edited the
Iphigenia Botouropoulou, Associate Professor of
French Language and Philology of the School of
Philosophy at the University of Athens, Evi
Petropoulou, Assistant Professor of 20th Century
German Literature and Philology of the School of
Philosophy at the University of Athens, and
Eleftheria Yiakoumaki, Doctor of Linguistics at the
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, and former
Director of the Research Center for Neo-Hellenic
Dialects and Idioms at the Academy of Athens.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
The first thematic unit of the Symposium was followed by an artistic interlude, during which Dramatist Andromache Montzoli spoke on the inspired and successful adaptation for the stage of Nikos Kazantzakis’ Salvatores Dei by the theatrical troupe Theatro tis Imeras under the direction of Panos Angelopoulos, and the String Quartet “Quatro Elementi”, formed in 2008 by the young, ward-winning and internationally acclaimed soloists Alexandros Halapsis, Konstantinos Loustas, Efigianna Dimitrakopoulou and Alexandros Charalambous (two violins, one viola and one violoncello) enthralled the audience with their musical homage to Nikos Kazantzakis. Ms. Montzoli captivated the Symposium attendees when she directed a surprise theatrical rendition of an excerpt from Zorba in Italian with the talented young actors Stephani Kaptenides and Lefteris Vlachos.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
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Following the reception on the roof of the
Cultural Center with its breathtaking view of the
Parthenon and the Roman Agora, the
Symposium resumed with the second thematic
unit, entitled “Zorba in Italy”.
The second thematic unit was concluded by
Nicola Crocetti, translator, founder and
director of the Italian publishing house
Crocetti Editore, and publisher of the
European Poetry Magazine, Poesia, who
addressed the audience with his speech,
entitled, “Translating Greek Literature in
Italian”. Mr. Crocetti spoke about his own
contemporary Italian translation of the novel
Zorba the Greek, which has been warmly
received by the Italian readership and has
received excellent reviews in the Italian
press.
COMMEMORATIVE SYMPOSIUM NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
TheUopeningUsaluta-tion was delivered by Francesca Chiesa, Director of the Italian Educational Institute of Athens, the center which functions as a culturalUbridgeube-tween Greece and Italy by advancing initiatives for cultural cooperation,
and Niki P. Stavrou,
Senior Lecturer of
Comp. Literature at
the University of
Indianapolis Athens
and Director of the
KazantzakisUPublica-
tions, spoke about the
publishedUandUtrans-
lated presence of
Nikos Kazantzakis
throughout the world.
Mr Nicola Crocetti was then
presented an honorary plaque in
recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the dissemination
of the literary and spiritual work
of N ikos Kazantzak is in the
Mr. Crocetti, in collaboration with neo-Hellenist Phillipo Maria Pontani, translated and edited the masterful edition Poeti Greci del Novecento (Greek Poets of the 20th Century) by Mondadori Publications, which includes verses from the Odyssey by Nikos Kazantzakis.
The third and final thematic unit of the Symposium entitled “The Zorba of KazantzakisjIandICacoyannis” commenced with the address of Ms Eleni Kyprioti, Communication Manager of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, and concluded with the viewing of the
three-time Oscar award winning film Zorba the Greek (Ζορμπάς ο Έλληνας), directed by the recently departed Michael Cacoyannis.
Italian-speaking world by Niki P. Stavrou,
Director of the Kazantzakis Publications
[Patroclos Stavrou].
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
COMMEMORATIVE SYMPOSIUM NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
GRAND OPENING OF THE RENOVATED KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU]
OCTOBER 27 2011
On October 27, 2011, in a warm and celebratory atmosphere at Charilaou Trikoupi 116, the space where every line pulses to the inimitable beat of the distinctive character of Nikos Kazantzakis, the Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos Stavrou] unveiled its newly renovated establishment to the public. In the midst of distinguished members of the Arts and Letters, journalists, colleagues and beloved friends, the President of the Hellenic Writer’s Society, Mr Pavlos Nathanail addressed a warm salutation to the audience, and the Director of the Publishing House, Niki P. Stavrou, spoke about the great external and internal renovation of the Kazantzakis Publications, which aims to render the work of Nikos Kazantzakis even more accessible to readers of all ages, as well as to draw in the visitor-reader to the timeless Word of the great ecumenical author. Ms Stavrou referenced the work and vision of Eleni N. Kazantzakis and Patroclos Stavrou, and informed the vast audience regarding the important new development in the commercial activity of the Kazantzakis Publications, which is primarily oriented towards the enhanced operational advancement of the Kazantzakis Publications in the digital age.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
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Lyre player Manolis Boundoulakis and lute player Alexandros Giannoulakis from the Cretan Association of the municipality of Zografou, “Kazantzakis”, gave an especially distinct Cretan air to the Grand Opening, while actors Giannis Thomas and Thalea Argyriou, of the theatrical troupe Theatro tis Imeras, enchanted the audience with an excerpt of the theatrical adaptation of Saviors of God by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Mr. George Dalaras, Ms. Niki Stavrou, Ms. Anna Psarouda-Benaki, and Mr. Spyros Mandalenakis.
Mr. Stavros Lantsias, whose music enchanted the audience, Ms. Niki Stavrou and Ms. Carmen Vilela, philologist and translator of Freedom or Death in the Spanish language, who traveled from Spain to attend the Grand Opening.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
GRAND OPENING NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
The Commemorative Circle for the 54th
Anniversary of the death of Nikos Kazantzakis
came to a close with the kind support of the
theatrical company, Theatro tis Imeras, through
their theatrical presentation-manifestation of
the Word of the great Cretan author in Saviors of
God, the “Kazantzakian gospel”, according to a
Swiss newspaper from some years ago. Under
the inspired direction of Panos Angelopoulos,
and the artistic direction ofυσμένη σκηνοθεσία
τού Πάνου Αγγελόπουλου και την
THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] AND THE “THEATRO TIS IMERAS” THEATRICAL COMPANY
WITH SAVIORS OF GOD BY NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS OCTOBER 28, 2011
of Andomache Montzoli, the actors
Giannis Thomas, Thalea Argyriou, Sofia
Kominea, Dimitris Grigoriades, Lefteris
Vlachos and Evi Karadima issue an artistic
cry, the timeless cry of agony and
immortality of Nikos Kazantzakis himself.
The dramatic piece continues to be staged
at the “Blue Stage” (Μπλε Σκηνή) by the
Theatro tis Imeras, every Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, with great success.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
SAVIORS OF GOD AT THE THEATER NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
40TH BOOK FESTIVAL AND ACTIONAID HELLAS NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
The Kazantzakis Publications [Patroklos Stavrou] participated in the 40th Book Festival in Zappeion with a double booth. In a rich presentation of all the titles published by the Kazantzakis Publications, offers and gifts for the visitors, we answered questions about the life and work of Nikos Kazantzakis and his wife Eleni, and on Saturday, September 17, we bade farewell to the Book Festival with a "Cretan Night" organized in collaboration with the Cretan Association of Zografou, 'Kazantzakis'. Lyre player Manolis Boundoulakis and lute player Alexandros Giannoulakis fascinated the visitors of the Book Festival, some of whom, spontaneously formed a ring right in front of the Kazantzakis Publications booth, and began to dance traditional Cretan dances .
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It is also worth noting that the Kazantzakis Publications’ revenues from two days at the 40th Book Festival were donated to ActionAid Hellas, in response to their appeal for the East Africa famine.
THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU]
AT THE 40TH BOOK FESTIVAL AT ZAPPEION SEPTEMBER 2-18, 2011
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS’ WORKS TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES
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ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΖΑΝΤΖΑΚΗ [ΠΑΤΡΟΚΛΟΣ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ] ▪ Χαριλάου Τρικούπη 116 ▪ 114 72 Αθήνα ▪ Tηλ.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
At the University of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, the words of Nikos Kazantzakis have resonated within the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters for the past two years, because of the initiative of Neohellenist Professor Miguel Angel Chiovetta. The Argentinian Professor, who is affectionately known among his students as “El Griego”, taught himself the Greek language through the rigorous study of Greek literature. It is this desire, to transmit to his students the Hellenic spirit, that led him to introduce to them the works of Nikos Kazantzakis.
So when Professor Chiovetta contacted the Kazantzakis Publications through our official website, inquiring after the three volumes containing Nikos Kazantzakis’s theatrical plays, Niki P. Stavrou responded by sending three complimentary copies for him and his students.
Following Professor Chiovetta’s invitation, Niki P. Stavrou, travelled to Argentina on November 17, 2011, and delivered a lecture at the renowned Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires.
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS’ WORKS TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES NEWSLETTER - FALL 2011
Niki Stavrou awarded the Professor, on behalf of the Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos Stavrou] with an honorary plaque for his contribution in the dissemination of Nikos Kazantzakis’ works in the Spanish speaking world, which was enthusiastically applauded by his students. Each one of them, strikingly knowledgeable on the life and works of Nikos Kazantzakis and deeply enchanted by the Hellenic culture and literature, brought their unique and distinct talent in the group. The mesmerizing recitation of Susana Mora and the extraordinary drawings of Julio Enrique Brugos, based on the theatrical works of Nikos Kazantzakis did justice to their professor’s efforts to transmit to all of them his love for Nikos Kazantzakis. His wish is that they may one day come to Greece to learn how to speak the language of Nikos Kazantzakis and so they may be able to read his works directly from the original, like their Professor.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU]
The Kazantzakis Publications
[Patroclos Stavrou], based in
Athens, is the publishing house
which publishes and distributes
exclusively the works of Nikos
Kazantzakis and his wife, Eleni N.
Kazantzakis in the Greek
language in Greece, and, as of
the Fall of 2011, the world.
When Nikos Kazantzakis drew his last breath on October 26, 1957, he entrusted the spiritual legacy of his work to his life companion, Eleni, who devoted her own life to its advancement.
The vision of Eleni Kazantzakis was a publishing house which would publish exclusively the works of Nikos Kazantzakis with the highest philological and aesthetic standards.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
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Eleni’s dream was realized with
the help of her adopted son,
Patroclos Stavrou in the
Kazantzakis Publications, the
publishing house exemplar which,
in addition to the publication and
distribution of the works of Nikos
Kazantzakis and of his wife, Eleni,
is the spiritual hearth of the
intellectual work and life of Nikos
Kazantzakis, the primary purpose
of which is not profit, but rather,
the advancement of the great
author’s work in Greece and
throughout the world. Perhaps
even more importantly, our
Publishing House fulfills all the
standards set by the author
himself regarding his own works,
whose commands and wishes
were conveyed in their totality
through his wife Eleni to
Patroclos Stavrou, the chosen
representative of Eleni N.
Kazantzakis.
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
The Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos
Stavrou], which has been operating under
this name since 1994, and previously, under
the name Eleni N. Kazantzakis
Publications, ensures that all the published
works of Nikos Kazantzakis to which it
holds the copyrights are readily available
to the readership. As a rule, we take care
to enhance and enrich each new edition
and reprint with typography, pictures,
scientific commentary and introductory
texts.
Our books have been characterized by
esteemed individuals in the arts as
masterpieces that honor the work of Nikos
Kazantzakis with their aesthetic, their clarity,
and their illuminating introductions –books
created with the highest standards and with a
philological staff that is expressly proficient in
the language, the idiom and the works of Nikos
Kazantzakis, and quite often in close
cooperation with collaborating associates
such as university professors of Linguistics,
Philosophy, Theology, and more.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS NEWSLETTER – FALL 2011
As of the Fall of 2011, the Kazantzakis
Publications has a new digital
personality, actively engaging the
world through such social media
platforms as Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube, thereby reinforcing its
presence in the world of publishing,
and which, in addition to the new E-
Shop, will allow the global readership
to enjoy even greater access to the
works of Nikos Kazantzakis.
It is the aspiration of the Kazantzakis
Publications for the books of Nikos
Kazantzakis to reach the far corners
of the world, to become bridges
upon which Zorba, Odysseus, and
every one of the Kazantzakian heroes
who carry the flame of the Hellenic
and ecumenical spirit of the steadfast
and uncompromising man of Crete,
Nikos Kazantzakis, may tread.
Facebook Twitter
Website with E-shop
Blog
Website: www. kazantzakispublications.org Twitter: twitter.com/#!/KazantzakisPub Facebook: www.facebook.com/KazantzakisPublications Blog: Through the website – coming soon
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In the works of Nikos Kazantzakis each person, irrespective of color, race, ethnicity, and creed
may find all the spiritual tools necessary to overcome adversity. The ascent to redemption was
always a high ideal for Kazantzakis, and “reach what you cannot” was his saying.
In his fictional autobiography Report to Greco, he expounded the symbolic prayer of three
different Souls:
THREE SOULS, THREE PRAYERS: A. I AM A BOW IN YOUR HANDS, LORD; DRAW ME LEST I ROT B. DO NOT OVERDRAW ME LORD, LEST I BREAK C. OVERDRAW ME LORD, AND LET ME BREAK!
As the Third Soul, we at the Kazantzakis Publications, through our work and prayer, attend to the tireless seeker of God, that author who, through his inimitable writing and exemplary ethos emerged a champion of intellect and virtue, that author, who, in his agonizing quest for the dark face of God that he might become one with Him, offers to each reader self-awareness, deliverance, leonine food for the Mind and Soul.
MESSAGE FROM THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU]
KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU] ▪ Charilaou Trikoupi 116 ▪ 114 72 Athens ▪ Tel.: 210 3642829 ▪ Fax: 210 3642830 ▪ www.kazantzakispublications.org
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