Biography
A minor or undervalued genre in Greece?
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Entrance to all the events in the “Talks and Thoughts” Cycle is free and on a first come, first served basis.
The distribution of entrance tickets begins one (1) hour before each event.
Simultaneous translation is provided in the case of speakers using a language other than Greek.
Introduction
The “Literature: people’s stories” cycle seeks to shed light on individual life stories which can go so far as to influence a nation.
As a literary genre, biography has not flowered in Greece as it has elsewhere. Of course, it is a demanding genre, and one which demands research before all else. To be really successful, biography must borrow stylistic elements from the novel, but do so without compromising the credibility of the information it contains. So, could it be that we undervalue biography in Greece, considering it a ‘lower’ art-form, or might it be that research does not flourish in any form in this country?
The “Literature: people’s stories” cycle seeks to shed light on individual life stories which, having acquired a mythic dimension by being set down on paper in book form, can go so far as to influence a nation’s cultural, social and even political life.
