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Γράμματα από το Παρίσι

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Το 1926 ο Βάρναλης επισκέφτηκε τη Γαλλία ως ανταποκριτής μιας εφημερίδας που δεν υπάρχει πια (Πρόοδος των Αθηνών). Σε μια στήλη που ονομαζόταν "Γράμματα από το Παρίσι" ή "Παρισινά Γράμματα", κατέγραψε τις εντυπώσεις του, όχι μόνο από το Παρίσι, αλλά και από διάφορα άλλα μέρη της χώρας. Είναι οι πρώτες ανταποκρίσεις που έγραψε από κει - άρθρα ευχάριστα, ανάλαφρα, ενδιαφέροντα για όλους, γραμμένα με κέφι και σοβαρότητα, με την ευγενική ειρωνεία και το χιούμορ που χαρακτηρίζει τον ποιητή.

Με την έκδοση αυτή, τα "Γράμματα" δημοσιεύονται για πρώτη φορά σε βιβλίο. Συνοδεύονται από εφτά άρθρα περί αισθητικής, που γράφτηκαν την ίδια περίοδο, τα περισσότερα στο Παρίσι. Η έκδοση διαθέτει ένα εξαιρετικά προσεγμένο χρονολόγιο και έχει το ιδιαίτερο χαρακτηριστικό ότι περιλαμβάνει αρχειακές φωτογραφίες του ποιητή από τα χρόνια της Γαλλίας, δύο σκίτσα φίλων του καλλιτεχνών και πρωτότυπη εικονογράφηση, βασισμένη στις φωτογραφίες που συνόδευαν τότε τα άρθρα της Προόδου.

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

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Kostas Varnalis

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Kostas Varnalis (Κώστας Βάρναλης) was born in Burgas, Bulgaria, in 1884. As his name suggests, his family originated from Varna. He completed his elementary studies in the Zariphios Greek high school in Plovdiv and then moved to Athens to study literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. While there, he became involved in the language dispute, taking the side of the demoticists over the supportres of the katharevousa. After his graduation in 1908 he worked for some time as a teacher in Burgas, before returning to Greece and teaching in Amaliada and Athens. During the next years, he worked as a teacher and part-time journalist, also engaging in translation work. In 1913, he took part in the Second Balkan War.
In 1919 he gained a scholarship and travelled to Paris where he studied philosophy, literature and sociology. It was during his Parisian studies that he became a Marxist and reviewed his ideas on poetry in theory and in practice. His political alignment resulted in his being barred dismissed from his teaching position at the Paedagocical Academny in 1926, and to be barred from any state employment. Varnalis thus took to journalism, a profession he practised until the end of his life. In 1929, he married the poetess Dora Moatsou. In 1935, he participated in the Soviet Writers' Conference in Moscow as Greece's representative. Under the 4th of August Regime, he was sent to internal exile in Mytilene and Agios Efstratios. During the German Occcupation of Greece, he took part in the resistance movement as a member of the National Liberation Front (EAM). In 1959, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. Varnalis died in Athens on 16 December 1974.

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