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Talks

100 years from the publication of Sikelianos’ Mother of God (Μήτηρ Θεού)

The National Library of Greece organizes a series of events and lectures in its new location at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

Wednesday June 21, 18:30, Book Castle NLG

100 years from the publication of Sikelianos’ Mother of God (Μήτηρ Θεού)

A hundred years ago, in April 1917, Angelos Sikelianos started publishing Mother of God (Μήτηρ Θεού), arguably one of the greatest poems ever composed in the Greek language. The poem’s publication in the literary review Logos was completed in 1919.

Speakers
Evripidis Garantoudis, Professor of Modern Greek Literature, University of Athens
Yiorgos Koropoulis, Poet
Chair
Maria Georgopoulou Member of the Supervisory Council of the National Library of Greece
Reading 
Yiorgos Koropoulis