Rhea Galanaki Explained

Rea Galanaki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ρέα Γαλανάκη) is a Greek author who was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1947. She studied history and archaeology at the University of Athens. She has published novels, short stories, essays and poetry books.

Her six novels (The life of Ismail Ferik Pasha, I shall sigh aw Louis, Eleni or Nobody, The Century of Labyrinths, Silent deep sea, Jouda’s Fires and Oedipus ’ Ashes) have established her as one of the leading Greek novelists. She has touched subjects as the double identities, the division between two countries, the impossibility of nostos, the meaning of nationality or femininity, of history itself; close to these, and during last years, she has been focused at subjects as the reappearance of racism, fascism, crisis and the contemporary social changes. She is widely known for her unique, thoughtful and sensitive way of writing. Her prose is recognized at her novels, based either on up to day, or on historical problems. She is also considered as the renovator of the so called historical novel.[1] Critical essays on Rhea Galanaki’s works have been published not only in Greek newspapers and literature magazines, but, among others, in the T.L.S.(2004, on the occasion of Olympic Games), in Le Monde[2] and Le Soir[3] (1992), the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sudwest Presse, Frankfurter Rundschau (2002).[4]

Her novels have been translated in 15 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Czech, Catalan, Bulgarian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Turkish, Arab, Chinese, Hebrew and Albanian.

Awards

Selected bibliography

Books

(Yet Joyful, Athēna : "Olkos" Press)

(The Minerals, Athēna: Diogienēs Press)

(The cake, Agra Press)

(Where Does the Wolf Live, Agra Press)

& Kolias, H. D. (translator). (2000). I shall sign as Loui. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press. .

(Yet Joyful. The Minerals. Agra Press)

(Homo-centric Stories. Agra Press)

(King or Soldier. Agra Press)

(Eleni, or, Nobody. Agra Press).

& Kaiē Tsitselē (translator). (1996). The life of Ismail Ferik Pasha: spina nel cuore. London: P. Owen.

(The Age of the Labyrinths. Kastaniotis Press)

(An Almost Blue Hand. Kastaniotis Press)

& Connolly, D (translator). (2003). Eleni, or, Nobody. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press. .

(I shall sign as Loui. Agra Press)

(Deep. Silent Waters. Kastaniotis Press)

(I shall sign as Loui. Agra Press)

(Poems. Kastaniotis Press)

(Fires of Judas. Ashes of Oedipus. Kastaniotis Press)

(The Age of the Labyrinths. Kastaniotis Press)

(From Life to Literature. Kastaniotis Press)

(Absolute Humiliation. Kastaniotis Press)

Participation in collective works

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(The Road to Omonia, Kastaniotis Press)

(Patra, the Face of the City, Topio Publications)

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Mahaira-Odoni. Eleni. Historical Poetics in Modern Greece: Reflections on Three Writers. Center for European Studies Working Paper Series. 2010. 179. Harvard University.
  2. Web site: Ismaïl et ses fantômes. Le Monde. 28 April 2015. 27 March 1992.
  3. Grodent. Michel. Deux romancières de l'autre Grèce: Nostalgie crètoise et mémoire athénienne.. Le Soir. 25 March 1992. 28 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Rhea Galanaki: Das Leben des Ismail Ferik Pascha. Roman. perlentaucher.de Das kulturmagazin. 30 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Βραβείο Αναγνωστών Ελληνικό Mυθιστόρημα 2006: Η Ρέα Γαλανάκη κέρδισε τις καρδιές των αναγνωστών. National Book Center of Greece. 30 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Γαλανάκη, Ρέα: Συμμετοχή σε συλλογικά έργα. BiblioNet. National Book Center of Greece.