Dr. Hiva Panahi is a contemporary independent academic &scholar, writer, poet, translator, of Kurdish descent, she was a fellow at the Mitterrand Foundation. She holds a Ph.D., in Political Social Sciences focusing on political sociology from Panteion University, Greece. As an author and poet, she has been distinguished internationally for her contribution to Classic Studies several times, her poetry included in various anthologies as well as Karen Van Dyke's Austerity Measures at NYRB.
Παρασκευή 28 Οκτωβρίου 2016
Παρασκευή 14 Οκτωβρίου 2016
Δευτέρα 10 Οκτωβρίου 2016
An Introduction to Hiva Panahi Poetry by Nanos Valaoritis
An Introduction to Hiva Panahi Poetry by Nanos Valaoritis
The poems of Hiva Panahi have a sweet flavor of the East. Full of allusions and mostly short, they breathe a quality that stems from a very ancient poetic tradition in which poetry indirectly refers to events that are often tragically nostalgic and intensely passionate, tempered only by the way they are referred to. The intense feelings are enveloped by metaphors and omissions, avoiding direct description. Their particularities are admirable and greatly differ from the way we write in Europe and in the States. Hiva belongs to the great Medes tradition; the intense nuances of powerful feelings come from her Kurdish origin and dramatically colour her poetry.Hiva is exceptional in that with the publication of her first book in Greek, she introduced Greek readers to a little known style, at least in poetry writing. Especially noteworthy is the fact that she translated them first hand from Kurdish to Greek, having mastered the language and tradition of Greece after only eight months.
*On the occasion of the Greek edition of the Hiva poetry, Nanos Valaoritis, 2007, Athens
**Nanos Valaoritis is the most important poet of the Hellenic diaspora since Constantine Cavafy, Emeritus professor at the State University of San Francisco US
**Nanos Valaoritis is the most important poet of the Hellenic diaspora since Constantine Cavafy, Emeritus professor at the State University of San Francisco US
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