Dina Kafiris

Broschiertes Buch

Hypocrisy Has a Face and Other Writings

Beschreibung

Motivated by a desperate desire to understand the cosmopolitan city of Athens where her ancestors once roamed, Dina Kafiris found herself on a journey to discover the true meaning of what it means to be an Athenian. As Kafiris struggled to integrate into the new society she was now living in, jotted-down poems and notes acted as a diary, a memoir. Evolving into her first full-length poetry collection, Hypocrisy has a Face emerged as a response to her environment and the events that overshadowed the country at the time of writing, establishing a realistic image of Athenian life in the first decade of the 21st Century, breaking down stereotypes and offering an intimate knowledge of the city and its people. These powerful poems explore how the political landscape of a city can impact our existence whilst constantly inspiring the reinvention of our identity. Hypocrisy has a Face shows the resilience of the citizen in times of personal conflict and crisis.

Autor

Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1969, of Greek parents, Dina Kafiris entered the literary scene at seventeen following the publication of her first poem. She took her undergraduate degree in English literature and creative writing with a minor in psychology at the University of Western Sydney, during which she studied Ethics (philosophy) at Deree - The American College of Greece. She subsequently moved to the UK. Her poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in M¿nolith: Visuals & Verses, Wild Court, American, British and Canadian Studies, The Journal, Nea Synteleia, Horizon Review and Odyssey Magazine, among others. She was a regular member of and collaborator with the Corais group of the Greek literary review Nea Synteleia (New End of the World), under the Greek poet Nanos Valaoritis. Her debut poetry chapbook, The Blinding Light Circling Elpida, in one act, was published by Original Plus in 2014 and is from her forthcoming trilogy 21st-century Modern Greece: The First Decade. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Leeds and a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Wales, Bangor. She was Writer in Residence and Guest Lecturer at Kingston University London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kingston University Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9781909362772
• ISBN-10: 1909362778
• Artikelnr.: 70368092