The Deputy Ministry of Culture organizes a two-day Scientific Conference entitled: "Miltos Sachtouris, the poet of bold images", to be held on 18 and 19 January 2023, at the Castelliotissa Hall.
Miltos Sachtouris (29 July 1919 - 29 March 2005) is one of the most important post-war Greek poets. Although influenced by surrealism and expressionism, he managed to acquire a purely personal voice, creating - as he says - a poetry "peculiarly dramatic and lyrical". For his work he was awarded three state prizes. He was also awarded the Order of the Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (1995) for his contribution to Literature and the Grand State Prize for Literature (2003) for his entire body of work.
The Conference will be addressed by the Deputy Minister of Culture, Dr. Yannis Toumazis, on 19 January at 18:00.
The programme of the Conference is as follows.
Session 1:
18:10 - 18:30 Kostas Gouliamos, Full Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
"The stochastic imagination in the poetics of Sachtouris"
18:30 - 18:50 Dora Menti, Member of the HQ, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
"The Athens of Miltos Sachtouris"
18:50 - 19:05 Break
19:05 - 19:25 Vangelis Hadjivassiliou, Critic
"Miltos Sachtouris and the dramatic play of colours"
19:25 - 19:45 Dimitris Kosmopoulos, Poet, Essayist, Translator, Director of Nea Efthini Magazine
"La voix du rêve. Miltos Sachtouris and the folk song. Traces of a poetics"
19:45-20:15 Discussion
On January 19, the conference will begin at 18:The screening of the film by Lefteris Xanthopoulos "Who is the crazy rabbit - Miltos Shachtouris", Production Alexandros-Film, 1992 (26'), will be followed by the greetings of the Deputy Minister of Culture Dr. Yannis Toumazi and the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Conference, Mr. Dimitris Angelatos.
Session 2:
18:50 - 19:10 Dimitris Angelatos, Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
"The opening of the verb: Sculptural tensions in the poetry of Miltos Sachtouris"
19:10 - 19:30 Frangiski Abatzopoulou, Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
"Miltos Sachtouris: The poet in the face of the extreme"
19:30 -19:45 Break
19:45 - 20:05 Efi Sotiropoulou, PhD Candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
"The hand as a material fragment: A transversal approach to the poetry of Miltos Sachtouris"
20:05 - 20:25 Yannis Skouris, PhD Candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
"Relations of co/en-change in poetry and painting: the body without instruments (M. Sachtouris and F. Bacon)"
20:25 - 20:45 Discussion
20:45 - 20:55 Summary of the Conference by Fragiski Abatzopoulou, Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The conference will close with a reading of poems by Miltos Sachtouris.
Admission is free.
(MGS/SX)
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