1001 Ways to die (9) – Sylvia Plath, American, Poet, Novelist

Originally published on the 21st February 2012. … DyingIs an art, like everything else.I do it exceptionally well. I do

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Το σπίτι της γιαγιάς του Γιώργου Σεφέρη στη Σκάλα, κοντά στη Σμύρνη – George Seferis Grandmother’s House in Iskele, near Izmir, Turkey

Edited on the 4th November 2024. First published on the 24th May 2020. Ο Γιώργος Σεφέρης όταν ήταν παιδί πέρναγε

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Fragments of Hoelderlin’s “In lieblicher Blaue – In lovely blueness”

“In lieblicher Blaue” is one of Hoelderlin’s last poems. I have selected fragments of the poem and present them with

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Arthur Rimbaud – Αρθούρος Ρεμπώ

Ο ποιητής και στιχουργός Νίκος Γκάτσος έγραψε το 1976 τους στίχους ενός τραγουδιού με τίτλο «Μεθυσμένο Καράβι». Το μελοποίησε ο

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There was once a hot air balloon named “Argo”

It all began in a stormy summer night. The year was 1856. One hunderd years after the birth of Wolfgang

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On Light and Shadow: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

“Our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and come to nought as the mist that is

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Θυσιάζω αρνάκι άσπρο και παχύ, Μαρία Πενταγιώτισσα

Executive Summary Dear non-Greek speaking readers, I am honored to have you visiting my site. This is to let you

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Edvard Munch: Alpha og (and) Omega

“Sickness and insanity were the black angels that guarded my cradle” Edvard Munch, personal manuscript. Background Edvard Munch is one of

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Casa sul Mare / House by the Sea – a poem by Eugenio Montale

Casa sul Mare is a wonderful poem from Montale’s collection ” Ossi di seppia (“Cuttlefish Bones”), which appeared in 1925.

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Objects that tell a story: (2) A poetry book in English

“During the First World War Hoelderlin’s hymns were packed in the soldier’s knapsack together with cleaning gear”. Martin Heidegger, “The

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