Rare, 1951, Niki Stavropoulou Konstantinea, Vasanismeni Gis, Woodcuts by Vasso Katraki, First Edition

Νίκη Σταυροπούλου

Βασανισμένη Γης

Διηγήματα

Niki Stavropoulou

Tortured Land

Published by Peiraika Chronika in 1951

Woodcuts by Greek Artist Vasso Katraki

Original Paper Binding

Pages 72

18 cm x 13 cm

First Edition

Niki Konstantinea, patronymic Stavropoulou, was born in 1919 in Panigiristra, Laconia. She appeared  in the public in 1947, with the short stories I Genisi tou Anthropou-The Birth of Man and I Pethameni diigountai tin Istoria tous-The Dead Tell their Story, which were published in the literary magazine Elefthera Grammata, edited by Dimitris Fotiadis.

Vasso Katraki (1914 – 1988) was a Greek painter and engraver. She was known for her passionate depictions of the sufferings of the Greek people during and after World War II. In 1967 she was exiled to a barren island by the military junta on the day that it took power. She started with wood engraving, then developed an original and very unusual technique of sandstone engraving.