His big annual event, which includes among others this year’s awards, is organized by the Society of Writers Tomorrow in the multi-purpose hall of the Friends of Music Association in the Athens Concert Hall (Sofias and Kokkalis St., 7pm St.). The already announced “Dido Sotiriou” award will be given to the Hellenist and co-founder of Romiosini Verlag publishing house Hans Eidenaier, who will talk about “Writing and reading in the Greek culture of hearing”. The winners of the Giannis Varveris and Meni Koumandarea Prizes, which are awarded to emerging poets and novelists respectively, and refer to 2021 publications, will also be announced.

“geek” in German

Despite the complexity of the translation – due to the spoken language of the text and the Albanian language, which leaves a strong imprint on the stories – it has already been translated into Russian by Ksenia Klimova and published in the Russian editions of OGI, receiving the highest marks. reviews. The now famous collection of stories by Demosthenes Papamarkos, Giak (published by Patakis) also reaches German-speaking readers, as it was translated into German by Angelica Gravert and Thanasis Zygas and published by Mitteldeutscher Verlag. In a social media post, the Greek author praised the work of the two translators, thanked the publisher, and also noted that this is his first hardcover edition.

“Goblin Regime” from Oxford

It was nominated along with the word Metaverse, which describes the ever-expanding universe of virtual reality, and the online activism hashtag #Istandwith, which has recently been used on various occasions. In the end, however, the Oxford Dictionary declared it “Word of the Year” with 93% of the public vote. The reason for the term “goblin mode”, which refers to a type of behavior that, according to the dictionary’s announcement, “is relentlessly selfish, lazy, slovenly, greedy, and characteristic in the way it overrides social norms and expectations.” And if such a public choice sounds unsettling, it has its own explanation: “It is good to know that we are not always the perfect, curated versions of ourselves that we are asked to represent on Instagram and TikTok,” said the department president, Oxford. Languages, Casper Gratwall.