Vakalo, Eleni (1921–)
Vakalo, Eleni (1921–)
Greek poet and art critic. Born in 1921 in Athens, Greece; attended university in Athens and the Sorbonne, Paris; m. George Vakalo (stage designer), 1944 (died 1991).
With husband, founded the School of Fine Arts in Athens (1958), and taught there for several years; in addition to being a poet, was one of the most well-known art critics in Greece and wrote extensively on the topic; works include numerous reviews and articles, as well as the verse collections Themes and Variations (1945) and Recollections from a Nightmarish City (1948); also wrote The Forest (1954), Description of the Body (1959), How to Endanger Ourselves (1966), The Palavers of Ma'am Rodalina (1984), and Epilegomena (1997); translated work of Marianne Moore into Greek.
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