2017 # 4 (24)
Yalamas D.A.
The Greek Poet K. Varnalis and His Relationship with the USSR: Corresponding with the Translator Tatiana Kokurina
Abstract
The paper focuses on the correspondence of the Greek communist poet K. Varnalis and his wife D. Moatsou-Varnali with T.V. Kokurina, who translated Varnalis into Russian. Varnalis visited the Soviet Union three times: in 1934, 1959, and 1962. In 1959, he became a Lenin Prize laureate. The correspondence discusses his stay in the USSR, his contacts with Greek political refugees living there, and his interpretations of his poetry.
Key words
Modern Greek literature, Greek poetry, Varnalis, Greek political refugees
