At their first event for 2025, the poetry series "Words (can) do it",” presents the poet Stratis Paschalis in his role as a translator of French poetry
This event is the 12th in the “1 x 2” format of the series, where a translator of foreign poetry presents their work, accompanied by readings of the original poems.
In this session, Stratis Paschalis will read and discuss his translations, while Alkistis Poulopoulou will read the original poems.
Stratis Paschalis has published ten poetry collections (most recently Holy Friday and the Wall with the Red Bougainvillea, 2021, and The Waltz of Orpheus: Lyrics Written for the Stage, 2024), as well as essays, a novel, anthologies of poetry and prose, and numerous translations, including works by Arthur Rimbaud, Comte de Lautréamont, and Bernard Noël. For the stage, he has translated more than thirty plays by authors such as Euripides, William Shakespeare, Jean Racine, Edmond Rostand, Paul Claudel, Eugène Labiche, and Jean Anouilh. He has also written texts for children’s theatre, adapted prose works, and contributed dramaturgy to poetic compositions. His work has been widely recognized: he has received the Ouranis Prize of the Academy of Athens, the Greek State Translation Prize, the Poetry Prize of the magazine Diavazo (twice), the “Marios Ploritis” Theatre Translation Award, and the “Aris Alexandrou” Prize for translated poetry. His poems and books have been translated into many languages, and in 2016 he was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.