Rare, Signed, 1978, Maria Falanga Georgiou, Xylography Tassos, Greek Poetry, Art

ΜΑΡΙΑ ΦΑΛΑΓΓΑ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ

ΤΗΣ ΖΩΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΥ – Tis Zois ke tou Thanatou

MARIA FALANGA GEORGIOU

OF LIFE AND DEATH

Cover and xylographies by Tassos

Originally hand signed and dedicated by the poet

Published  by Mavridis in Athens in 1978

Pages 70

Original Paper Binding

17.5 cm x 24.5 cm

First Edition

Maria Falanga Georgiou (1912 – 1987) was a notable Greek poet. She was born in Andros and came from an old seafaring family. She studied English and French literature, piano and painting in Athens. Her poems were published for the first time in 1930 in the children’s magazine I Diaplasis ton Pedon. Her first poetry book was published in 1937. Georgiou-Falanga’s poetry is simple, austere, yet lyrical and emotional. Starting from tradition (many critics placed her next to Polydouri and Myrtiotissa) she moved on to free verse, and here too she gave examples of the same sensitivity, the same sincere lyricism.

Anastasios Alevizos (1914 – 1985) was a Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor, who became famous under the name Tassos for his works on significant milestones of the 20th century history of Greece. He was born in Lefkochora of Messesnia in 1914. He studied in the School of High Arts in Athens at the age of 16, from 1933 til 1938 and attended the engraving classes in Kefallinos’ workshop. He was an apprentice in the workshops of great painters and sculptors such as Demetrios Galanis, Argyros, Parthenis and others. He continued his studies in Rome, Florence and Paris. In 1938 he was awarded the Prize of Engraving and in 1940 the State Medal of Engraving. One of his engravings depicted the 1942 episode where the Greek resistance blew up the Gorgopotamos railway station. He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of Greek engravers and his works were exhibited in USA, Soviet Union, France, Italy and Japan.