Rare, Signed, 1980, Manolis Anagnostakis, Paidiki Mousa, Manousos Fassis, First Edition

Description

Μανόλης Αναγνωστάκης

κάτω από το ψευδώνυμο

Μανούσος Φάσσης

Παιδική Μούσα 

(τραγούδια για την προσχολική και σχολική ηλικία)

Με αφιέρωση του συγγραφέα

 

Manolis Anagnostakis

under the pseudonym

Manousos Fassis

Children’s Muse

(songs for preschool and school age)

 

Signed and Dedicated by Manolis Anagnostakis 

Published by Amorgos Athens in 1980

 

First Edition

1/2000 copies

8vo, Pages 40

21 cm x 14 cm

Original soft binding

 

Manolis Anagnostakis ( 1925 – 2005) was a Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s. Anagnostakis was a leader among his contemporaries and influenced the generation of poets immediately after him. His poems have been honored in Greece’s national awards and arranged and sung by contemporary musicians. In spite of his accomplishments, Philip Ramp notes that Anagnostakis “is the least known, to an English speaking audience, of the major Greek poets of his generation.”

 

Αbout the book: Manousos Fassis is the alter ego of Manolis Anagnostakis. The work Children’s Muse presents satirical poems “for children of school and pre-school age”. With a clear reference to the limits, constraints, catholicity and prejudices of the family, the educational system and society, the poet satirizes those who are quick to cut dreams and clip the wings of imagination as well as  freedom of expression.”