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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ancestry Maria Fyodorovna Dostoyevskaya Mikhail Andreevich Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky’s parents were part of a multi-ethnic and multi-denominational Ruthenian–Litvin noble family from the Pinsk region, with roots dating to the 16th century. Branches of the family included Russian Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics… >>

Anton Chekhov

Biography Childhood Birth house of Anton Chekhov Young Chekhov in 1882 The Taganrog Boys Gymnasium in the late 19th century. The cross on top is no longer present. Portrait of young Chekhov in country clothes Young Chekhov (left) with brother… >>

William Shakespeare

Life Main article: Shakespeare’s life Early life William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer.[8] He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and… >>

I defteri patrida mou

Simon Darrahg That’s your actual Greek, that is, though in Roman characters: ‘My second homeland’. I do miss my fi rst one, England, when I’m here in Greece, but I miss my second one, Greece, a whole lot more when… >>

W.H.Auden – As I Walked Out One Evening

As I Walked Out One Evening As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch… >>

C.P. Cavafy – Ithaca

As you set out for Ithaca Pray that your road is long full of adventure and knowledge The Lestrygonians and Cyclops and the fierce Poseidon, you will never meet If you do not carry them in your soul if you… >>

Odysseas Elytis – Marina of the rocks

Marina of the rocks An English version by Simon Darragh, in imitation of the Greek original. A taste of the storm on your lips — but you, You wandered all day the harsh dream of stone and sea. The eagle-bearing… >>

Nikos Kavvadias – MAL DU DEPART

MAL DU DEPART Always the perfect, unworthy lover of the endless voyage and azure ocean, I shall die one evening, like any other, without having crossed the dim horizon. For Madras, Singapore, Algeria, Sfax, the proud ships will still be… >>

Simon Darragh – Foreign Correspondence

Don’t trust the guide-book, or the map: one notes motorways, an airport, tower blocks; the other talks of earthquakes, shattered rocks, ruined houses sheltering wild goats. Routinely confi dent, to meet the need for fi rst-hand information, we despatched our… >>

Alonissos! Nikos Klavdianos

Alonissos! The only fi ne island in the world where you can go wherever you like, however you like… (not) I, not I, went every day; I almost lived there!… Above all, up in the village, where, in an alley,… >>