Jenny Mastoraki
Encyclopedia
Jenny Mastoraki (b. Athens
, 1949) is a Greek
poet
and translator. She read Philology
at the University of Athens.
She belongs to the Genia tou 70, which is a term used to describe Greek
authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974
and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi
.
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, 1949) is a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and translator. She read Philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
at the University of Athens.
She belongs to the Genia tou 70, which is a term used to describe Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974
Greek military junta of 1967-1974
The Greek military junta of 1967–1974, alternatively "The Regime of the Colonels" , or in Greece "The Junta", and "The Seven Years" are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974...
and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi
Metapolitefsi
The Metapolitefsi was a period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 that includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the Greek legislative elections of 1974 and the democratic period immediately after these elections.The long...
.
Poetry
- Διόδια (Tolls), 1972
- Το σόι (The kin), 1978
- Ιστορίες για τα βαθιά (Tales of the deep), 1983
- Μ' ένα στεφάνι φως (With a garland of light), 1989
Selected translations
- Sallinger, J.D., Ο φύλακας στη σίκαλη (The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, language, and rebellion. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major...
), 1978 - McCullers, CarsonCarson McCullersCarson McCullers was an American writer. She wrote novels, short stories, and two plays, as well as essays and some poetry. Her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South...
, Πρόσκληση σε γάμο (The Member of the WeddingThe Member of the WeddingThe Member of the Wedding is a 1946 novel by Southern writer Carson McCullers. It took McCullers five years to complete—though she interrupted the work for a few months to write the short novel The Ballad of the Sad Cafe....
), 1981 - Canetti, EliasElias CanettiElias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".-Life:...
, Η τύφλωση (Die Blendung), 1985 - Böll, HeinrichHeinrich BöllHeinrich Theodor Böll was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.- Biography :...
, Οι απόψεις ενός κλόουν (Ansichten eines Clowns), 1986 - Highet, GilbertGilbert HighetGilbert Arthur Highet was a Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian....
, Η κλασική παράδοση (The Classical Tradition), 1988 - Poe, Edgar AllanEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
, Λιγεία (LigeiaLigeia"Ligeia" is an early short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Glanvill ...
), 1991