Athens. Literature and poetry at the Italian Institute of Culture in Athens. Nicola Crocetti – one of the leading scholars of the Greek poetry, translator, journalist and publisher – will meet with the public in Athens to discuss with the Greek poet, Antonis Fostieris about his many years of activity and his contribution to spreading modern Greek literature in Italy. The event, which will also see the participation of Maria Frangouli, will be held in Greek language at the IIC Athens on May 7th at 19:00. Maria Frangouli also participates. The event will be held in the Greek language. Nicola Crocetti founded the publishing house Crocetti Editore in 1981, publishing the most significant works of neogreek poetry and prose in Italian. Since 1988, he published the monthly journal Poesia. In 2010, with Filippomaria Pontani, he edited the anthology of modern Greek poetry “Greek Poets of the Twentieth Century”, published in the prestigious Mondadori series, Meridiani. Nicola Crocetti is the greatest translator of Nikos Kazantzakis in Italy. He is currently translating his impressive Odyssey. Due to his esteemed activity as translator and publisher in Italian of representative works of Greek literature, on April 2nd he was awarded by the President of the Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos with the honour of Commandor of the Order of Honour of the Hellenic Republic. (9Colonne)
