INVITATION
You are cordially invited to the launch of
ANTIGONE
KEFALA: A WRITER’S JOURNEY
a new book co-edited by Vrasidas Karalis (Professor of Greek, University of
Sydney) and Helen Nickas (editor and publisher).
This
event will be chaired by Wenche
Ommundsen
(Professor of English Literatures at the University of
Wollongong)
and
launched by
Sneja Gunew
(Professor of English at the University of
British Columbia)
on Saturday, 12th July, at 5.00 pm
at The University of Sydney
in
the John Woolley Building
(Main entrance from Science Road)
The launch has been included in the Conference Program
of the Association for the
Study of Australian Literature (ASAL)
About the book
This book
is a critical look at the life and works of Antigone Kefala, a poet and prose
writer who came to the Antipodes in the early fifties and since 1960 calls
Sydney home. It comprises a selection of interviews, reviews and essays
(previously published, or newly commissioned), giving a fascinating insight
into this writer – originally a Greek from Romania. The book aims to stimulate
a wide-ranging dialogue on the state of Australian literature and the place
within it of writers like Antigone Kefala.
Antigone Kefala’s books include Absence: new and selected poems;
The Island; Alexia; Summer Visit: three novellas; Sydney Journals and several others. Four of her books
are also available in bilingual editions.
Please
note that the launch will start at exactly 5.00pm.
Afterwards,
refreshments will be served.
