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The financial crisis which brought Greece into the headlines highlighted the vacuum of Modern Greek culture on the European stage. In this context, the MGC 2018 project consists of the translation, promotion and distribution of 8 important works of Modern Greek literature, as a continuation of Aiora Press’ ongoing Modern Greek Classics series, which highlights the best of Greek literary production through award-winning translations into several European languages. Of the 8 books in this project, 4 will be translated into English (THE GREAT CHIMERA by M. Karagatsis, POPE JOAN by Emmanuel Roidis, SERENITY by Ilias Venezis, and GOD IS MY WITNESS by Makis Tsitas, which won the EU Prize for Literature 2014), 2 into French (LA GRANDE CHIMÈRE by M. Karagatsis and LE CHAULDRON CALSINÉ by Yiannis Ritsos) and 2 into Italian (IL LOGGIONE by Yiannis Ritsos and L’OSPITE MISTERIOSO by Napoleon Lapathiotis). The works included in the project form a collection that spans 150 years, highlighting novels, short stories and poetry of high literary value—a tour of different forms, writers and periods of Greek literature. The translators include René Bouchet, Anna Personnaz, David Connolly, Patricia Barbeito, Joshua Barley, Maurizio De Rosa and Maria Caracausi. The project aims to raise the profile of the translators. All books will be published in both print and ebook formats. Promotion will include a digital campaign alongside traditional media. This project will coincide with the celebrations of Athens as UNESCO World Book Capital 2018 (April 2018 – April 2019), where these books will be featured to foreign-language audiences. In addition to launch events across Europe, we will co-promote performances of staged adaptations of books in this series (LA GRANDE CHIMÈRE / THE GREAT CHIMERA and GOD IS MY WITNESS). As part of this project, we will also translate and promote excerpts of fiction from 4 contemporary Greek authors. |