The event is under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos.

Greek and foreign scholars from the field of Modern Greek Literature and experts of Mario Vitti’s work will highlight significant aspects of his work and the importance of his manifold contribution to Modern Greek Literature.

The event will be followed by a screening of excerpts from from Kyriakos Aggelakos documentary film Mario Vitti. New Greek Scholar (2014).

PROGRAMME

18.15-18.30
Welcome Remarks
Mrs EMILIA GEROULANOU, President of the Board of Trustees of the Benaki Museum
Mr. LUIGI MARRAS, Ambassador of the Italian Republic
Mr. PROKOPIOS PAVLOPOULOS, President of the Hellenic Republic

TALKS Part 1

18.30-18.45
Mr. NASOS VAGENAS, Emeritus Professor of Literary Theory and Criticism, University of Athens
“Modern Greek Literature and Mario Vitti”

18.45-19.00
Mr. ALEXIS POLITIS, Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek Literature, University of Crete
“Five Peaks in the History of our Literature”

19.00-19.15
Mrs PAOLA MARIA MINUCCI, Associate Professor of Modern Greek Language and Literature, University of Sapienza, Rome
“The Generation of the Thirties and Italy”

19.15-19.30: BREAK

TALKS Part 2

19.30-19.45
Mr. EVRIPIDIS GARANTOUDIS, Professor of Modern Greek Language and Literature, University of Athens, Faculty of Philology (NKUA)
“Mario Vitti: the (literary) Historian that is self-narrated”

19.45-20.00
Mrs CATERINA CARPINATO, Associate Professor of Modern Greek Language and Literature, University of Ca 'Foscari, Venice
“History and Stories of Modern Greek Literature in Italy”

20.00-20.15 Mr. MARIO VITTI: Greetings

20.20-21.00
Documentary
Mr. KYRIAKOS AGGELAKOS, «MARIO VITTI. NEW GREEK SCHOLAR", 2014, (excerpts)

The event will be moderated by Mr. DIMITRIS ARVANITAKIS, Historian and Head of Publication Dept of the Benaki Museum