Παρουσίαση του βιβλίου της Κυριακής από το 2013 AHC Honoree, Καθηγητής Θανάσης Maskaleris θα παρουσιάσει το νέο του βιβλίο: «Η Επίγεια Ευαγγέλιο του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη”
Join the Hellenic University Club in collaboration with Loyola Marymount University at a book presentation this Sunday as 2013 AHC Honoree, Professor Thanasis Maskaleris will be presenting his new book: “The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis”
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Social Hour: 4:30 p.m. Dinner: 5:30 p.m. Lecture: 6:30 pm
Hilton Bldg, Rm 300, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Professor Thanasis Maskaleris was born in Arkadia, Greece and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 17. He studied Philosophy and English at the University of Oklahoma, and Comparative Literature at Indiana University and the University of California-Berkeley.
He was the Founding Director of the Center for Modern Greek Studies and has spearheaded efforts that led to the establishment of the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair at SFSU in 1983.
He has published a remarkable body of work, including essays, translations, anthologies and books of poetry, variously in Greek and English . He has also co-translated and co-edited, into English, Nikos Kazantzakis’ Russia , and he is currently working on a critical-biographical study of Kazantzakis and the Cretan Life .
Professor Maskaleris, is the recipient of the Ted Saloutos Award at the upcoming 2013 AHC Awards Gala taking place in Los Angeles on March 30. He will be among the three honorees of the evening along with Ambassasor Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and Congressman Gus Bilirakis of Florida.
This Sunday, in the event organized by the Hellenic University Club, he will be showcasing his new literary creation: The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis.
The Terrestrial Gospel is an anthology of passages selected from various books by Kazantzakis, centering on Nature and the workers of the soil. It is powerful and poetic work that raises environmental awareness and calls it’s readers to compassionate action. The book contains new translations from the Greek originals to English, some original poems by Maskaleris, and essays by leading environmentalists and authors.
