wat

2008/05/14

wat - issue 2

Thematic edition in four issues with works by Kyriakos Athanasiadis, Dimitris Dimitriadis, Yannis Kotsifos, Thanasis Triaridis and format by Eleni Gratsou * Triumph (June 2008) * page 2 advertisement and special-effects photography on pages 5 and 9 by Marios Tsigkerliotis * translations by Claire Papamichael (pages 3, 10, 5, 8, 6 and 7), Liana Sakelliou (pages 4 and 9) * 500 copies printed on 80 gms paper at the Technograph printing company located at Vathis Square, Athens * wat is only a collectiveness of texts and images, not a collectiveness of individuals * people are islands, and only islands * wat doesn’t carry a common message * it doesn’t herald the horror of any collective salvation * the contributors of wat live in Athens and Thessaloniki * the text of wat was written in Greek and translated into English * wat is sold on occasion or distributed gratis * issue orders and additional information at watedition.blogspot.com * a publication of the non-profit organization for the promotion of letters and arts Giotto di Bondone (0030-693-72.13.160)

CONTENTS
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Dimitris Dimitriadis
TURMOIL Ultimatum

Kyriakos Athanasiadis
The Triumph of Philo and Sophie

Thanassis Triaridis
Unser Kampf

Yannis Kotsifos
THE LAUNDERING
struggle responsibly

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THE CONTRIBUTORS

Eleni Gratsou
born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1977, is a 2003 graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts (Painting Department). Presently she is a third-year student at the post-graduate program of the Hellenic Open University (Graphic Arts- Multimedia Department) and is also working as a graphic artist at a publishing house.
wattdesign@gmail.com

Kyriakos Athanasiadis
born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1963, is a publications editor and author of Hyperbole Stories, 1987; Twelve, 1991; Small Worlds, 1996; Snow White’s Shroud, 2000; The Farewell Kingdom, 2002; Omniabsent, 2007.
wattdesign@gmail.com

Dimitris Dimitriadis
born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1944, studied Drama and Film from 1963 to 1968 in Brussels, where he wrote his first play The Price of the Resistance in the Black Market, which was staged by Patrice Chereau in 1968, in Paris, at the Theatre de la Commune d' Aubervilliers. In 1978, he published his first novel I'm Dying as a Country, which was brought on stage numerous times, the most emblematic of all being the one directed by Michael Marmarinos (Athens, 2007, Brussels, Vienna, 2008). He has authored over 25 published books and many unpublished works of poetry, novels, plays, fiction, narratives, essays and other. In 2003, he was awarded with the National Book Award for his novel Anthropody. He has translated works by J. Genet, M. Blanchot, G. Bataille, Gerard de Nerval, Honore de Balzac, W. Gombrowicz, B.-M. Koltes, T. Williams, Moliere, Shakespeare, M. Duras, M. Maeterlinck, Euripides and Aeschylus. His works have been translated into various languages, while his theatrical plays have been staged both in Greece and in other European countries.
catalog@otenet.gr

Thanasis Triaridis
born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1970, is a writer. Thirteen of his books have been published, among them the lemonmellons in 2005. He has also written over 100 essays and intervention articles against nationalism and racism (including an article regarding the need to protect the Macedonian lanquage which is banned in Greece). His books and other works are available online at http://www.triaridis.gr/. His novels Petro Bolé and the gentle knife, The frozen heart of prosperous people, The cut wheat are also available in English.
thanasis@triaridis.gr

Yannis Kotsifos
born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1969, works as a journalist and freelances as a publications editor.
kotsifos1@gmail.com

Marios Tsigerliotis
working with PSYCLONE ARTCORE (media design), creates industrial promotion items (logo design, corporate ID, product advertisement), but mainly works in the arts and culture section (book and magazine covers, CD illustration and packaging). He lives and works in Thessaloniki, Greece.
psyclone@email.com

Claire Papamichail
born in Athens Greece, in 1963, is a translator.
clainas@gmail.com

Liana Sakelliou
a poet and translator, was born in Athens. She is a professor of American Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Athens (Faculty of English Studies).
lsakel@enl.uoa.gr

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