This book, recently published by the VITSENTZOS KORNAROS Cultural Center, contains 25 texts that share the personal opinions, stories, experiences, and insights of their authors from their multifaceted encounters with Erotokritos.
“A strange and beautiful feeling at the same time, to hold in your hands a collective volume in which you participate, unaware of the other fellow travelers. And to discover among them familiar literary voices, such as Rea Galanaki, Alexis Panselinos, and George Veis. Friends like colleague and teacher Vassilis Papadopoulos and Sitian director Nasos Zagotis. Primarily, however, to discover wonderful pens from people who have honored the literary tradition of the place with their work, such as Niki Troullinou, Thanasis Hatzopoulos, Maria Topali, and colleague at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nikos Vlachakis, as well as brilliant academics like Walter Puchner, Euripides Garantoudis, and Alexis Politis (I am selectively mentioning a few). A bitter realization, however, is the passing of Heraklion journalist and writer Nikos Psilakis, just a few weeks prior.”
Vassilis Xiros
“A strange and beautiful feeling at the same time, to hold in your hands a collective volume in which you participate, unaware of the other fellow travelers. And to discover among them familiar literary voices, such as Rea Galanaki, Alexis Panselinos, and George Veis. Friends like colleague and teacher Vassilis Papadopoulos and Sitian director Nasos Zagotis. Primarily, however, to discover wonderful pens from people who have honored the literary tradition of the place with their work, such as Niki Troullinou, Thanasis Hatzopoulos, Maria Topali, and colleague at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nikos Vlachakis, as well as brilliant academics like Walter Puchner, Euripides Garantoudis, and Alexis Politis (I am selectively mentioning a few). A bitter realization, however, is the passing of Heraklion journalist and writer Nikos Psilakis, just a few weeks prior.”
Vassilis Xiros