Giorgos K. Katsimbalis
Giorgos K. Katsimbalis ( Greek Γιώργος Κ. Κατσίμπαλης , * 1899 in Athens ; † July 25, 1978 ibid) was a Greek intellectual, literary critic, neo-Greekist and literary translator.
Life
Katsimbalis was the son of the scholar Konstantinos Katsimbalis and grew up in an intellectually stimulating environment. He began studying law at the University of Paris , but returned to Athens without a degree. There he published studies on Kostis Palamas , of which he was personally deeply impressed, as well as on other important Greek and European poets. He influenced the generation of the 1930s with articles in magazines such as Τα Νέα Γράμματα (1935–1944) and the Αγγλοελληνική Επιθεώρηση (1945–1952), which he himself published . In addition, he published an anthology of modern Greek poetry in English translation with Theodore Ph. Stephanides. Above all, his bibliographies on writers and poets such as Kostis Palamas, Alexandros Papadiamantis , Kostas Krystallis , Konstantinos Kavafis , Angelos Sikelianos , Nikos Kazantzakis , Giorgos Seferis , with whom he was in correspondence, are numerous , but also foreign ones such as Walt Whitman , Charles Baudelaire , Edgar Allan Poe or Arthur Rimbaud .
In the novel The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller (1940), Katsimbalis is listed as the character defining the title of the novel. Both had undertaken a 5 month trip to Greece the year before.
Fonts (selection)
Monographs
- Το παιδί στην ποίηση του Παλαμά , τυπ. Εστία, Αθήνα 1929
- Ο Παλαμάς και το σπίτι , χ.ε., Αθήνα 1929
Correspondence
- Γιώργος Κ. Κατσίμπαλης, Γιώργος Σεφέρης: "Αγαπητέ μου Γιώργο", αλληλογραφία (1924-1970). Ikaros, Athens 2009.
literature
- Κατσίμπαλης Γιώργος , in: Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό , Vol. 4, Αθήνα, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1985.
- Αλέξης Ζήρας: Κατσίμπαλης Γιώργος , in: Λεξικό Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας , Αθήνα, Εκδδσεις Πατάκη, 2007.
Web links
- Literature by and about Giorgos K. Katsimbalis in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Εθνικό Κέντρο Βιβλίου: Γιώργος Κατσίμπαλης (contains an extensive list of the bibliographies of modern Greek poets compiled by Katsimbalis)
- Biblionet: Γεώργιος Κ. Κατσίμπαλης
- tvxs.gr: Γιώργος Κατσίμπαλης: Ο Κολοσσός του Μαρουσιού
- Anemi - Digital Library of Modern Greek Studies: Writings online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Νέα Εστία, Vol. 1228, p. 1153, online .
- ^ Literaturschock.de Topic: Henry Miller: The Colossus of Maroussi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katsimbalis, Giorgos K. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κατσίμπαλης, Γιώργος Κ. (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek intellectual, literary critic, neo-Greekist and literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1978 |
| Place of death | Athens |