Eleni Vakalo

Eleni Vakalo (Greek: Ελένη Βακαλό; 1921 – 2001) was a Greek poet, art critic and art historian.

Biography

Eleni Vakalo, née Stavrinou, was born in 1921, in Constantinople, and in 1922 her parents moved to Athens.[1] She studied archaeology at the University of Athens (1940–45) and art history at Sorbonne (1948). In 1944 she married the painter George Vakalo (1902 – 1991).[2]

Awards

Bibliography

Poetry

  • Theme and Variations (Θέμα και Παραλλαγές), Athens, Icaros, 1945
  • Recollections from a nightmarish city (Αναμνήσεις από μια εφιαλτική πολιτεία), Athens, 1948
  • In the form of theorems (Στη μορφή των θεωρημάτων), Athens, 1951
  • The Forest (Το Δάσος), Athens, Karavia, 1954
  • Mural (Τοιχογραφία), Athens, The Friends of Literature, 1956
  • Age's diary (Ημερολόγιο της ηλικίας), Athens, Diphros, 1958
  • Description of the body (Περιγραφή του σώματος), Athens, Diphros, 1959
  • The Concept of blind people (Η Έννοια των τυφλών), Athens, 1962
  • The Way of being in danger (Ο Τρόπος να Κινδυνεύομε), Athens, 1966
  • Genealogy/Γενεαλογία (Greek-English edition, English translation by Paul Merchant), The Rougemont Press, 1971
  • Of the World (Του Κόσμου), Athens, Kedros, 1978
  • The foolishness of Ma Rodalina (Οι παλάβρες της Κυρά-Ροδαλίνας), Athens, Ypsilon, 1984
  • Events and Stories of Ma Rodalina (Γεγονότα και Ιστορίες της Κυρά-Ροδαλίνας), Athens, 1990
  • The Other Face of the Thing. Poetry 1954–1994 (Το Άλλο του Πράγματος. Ποίηση 1954–1994), Athens, Nepheli, 1995
  • Selected poems (Επιλεγόμενα), Athens, Nepheli, 1997

Art theory

  • Introduction to Topics of Painting (Εισαγωγή σε Θέματα Ζωγραφικής), Athens, Athens School of Fine Arts, 1960
  • 12 Lectures on Modern Art (12 Μαθήματα για τη Σύγχρονη Τέχνη), Athens, "Hour", Centre of Art and Culture, 1973
  • The Concept of Forms. Reading Art (Η Έννοια των Μορφών. Ανάγνωση της Τέχνης), Athens, "Hour", Centre of Art and Culture, 1979
  • The Face of Post-War Art in Greece (Η Φυσιογνωμία της Μεταπολεμικής Τέχνης στην Ελλάδα, in four volumes), Athens, Kedros, 1980–84
  • From the Viewer's Side. Essays (Από την Πλευρά του Θεατή. Δοκίμια), Athens, Kedros, 1989
  • Giorgos Vakalo. The charm of writing. (Γιώργος Βακαλό. Το θέλγητρο της γραφής), Athens, "New Forms" Gallery, 1994
  • Visual Arts Criticism (1950–1974) (Κριτική Εικαστικών Τεχνών (1950–1974), in two volumes), Athens, Kedros, 1996

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of modern Greek literature: People - Works - Movements - Terminology, Patakis, 2007
  2. ↑ National Book Centre


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