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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.


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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.


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.



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.



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].



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.



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.


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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.


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


NEW PUBLICATION BY THE KAZANTZAKIS PUBLICATIONS [PATROCLOS STAVROU]

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.


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.



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.


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.




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

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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]



Books by Eleni N. Kazantzakis


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