Alexandros Papadiamantis
Alexandros Papadiamantis was a leading writer of modern Greece.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
1923 Created.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
This built-in relief marble portrait depicts a leading Greek writer, Alexandros Papadiamantis. Its dimensions are 0.75 X 0.50m and Papadiamantis is depicted serious, with a low gaze, which symbolises his frugal life and his feeling of nostalgia. It is framed by an arch reminiscent of a tunnel. At the bottom, his name is written in an artistic way. The location of the relief is not accidental, as Papadiamantis and many other intellectuals and artists of his time frequented the cafe in Dexamenis Square.
What I can't see
Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911) was a leading novel writer. He began as a novelist, but flourished as a short story writer. His works have an artistic tone and realism coexists with ethography, which becomes psychography in several cases. His subjects are quite repetitive, always in the context of a bucolic Greece and its morals. He witnessed a disappearing world and era that made him feel nostalgic and constantly wrote about. His works are many, but according to popular opinion, his masterpiece is “The Murderess”. It is a complex work that highlights the dead end of poverty in a cruel way, shows the redemption through a silent crime and the titanic inner conflicts of the heroine. The relief is the work of Thomas Thomopoulos, who donated it to the Municipality of Athens.
Info
- Address: Dexamenis Sq.
Bibliography
Papadiamantis A., The Murderess, literature work
Politis Α., (2003), Λογοτεχνία και Διανόηση, 1880: Μία καινούργια γενιά στο προσκήνιο, [Literature and Intelligentsia, 1880: A new generation in the foreground], in Ιστορία του νέου ελληνισμού, 1770-2000, [History of modern Hellenism], Ellinika Grammata, v.5, p.p. 231- 246
