On the thirtieth anniversary of its first publication, Ikaros published a short text that had been read as a speech at the Macedonian Artistic Society ‘The Art’ in Thessaloniki on 29 March 1967.
The four-line poem is entitled ‘The Unforgivable’, and Zisimos Lorentzatos’s translation is as follows:
To forget friends, to mock the craftsman,
And to dismiss the deepest mind as small and insignificant,
God forgives it – just do not disturb
The peace of your loved ones.
- Pages: 28
- ISBN: 978-960-8399-39-6
- Publication: 2006
- Dimensions: 20,8 x 14,2
- Categories: Books, Essays & Thought, Δοκίμιο
Zisimos Lorentzos
Zisimos Lorentzatos (1915–2004) was born in Athens, the son of the philologist and professor Panagiotis Lorentzatos. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Athens and devoted himself to critical study, translation and poetry. He made his literary debut in 1936 with the study ‘Edgar Allan Poe: The Exceptions; The Philosophy of Composition; The Poetic Principle’ and established his reputation with his book Essay I, on the poetic work of Dionysios Solomos. He also published studies on the work of Alexandros Papadiamantis, Giorgos Seferis, C.P. Cavafy, Angelos Sikelianos, Dimitris Hatzis and others. In the field of translation, he has worked on authors such as Ezra Pound, André Gide and William Blake.
