This book is the fourth in the series: “If I read… poets of the ’30s generation”. Alexis Kyritsopoulos draws inspiration from the verses of the great poets of the 1930s generation and writes fairy tales set against the backdrop of his unique illustrations.
Reading the poems of Giorgos Sarantaris, Alexis Kyritsopoulos discovered
colours, lights, games, loves, celebrations, horses, suns, seas, clouds, and wrote a tender allegorical fairy tale to accompany them.
Author:
Alexis Kyritsopoulos
Pages:
64
Dimensions:
21 x 17 εκ
ISBN:
978-960-572-076-6
Publication:
2015
Categories:
Childrens' Books, If I were to read the poets of the '30s generation
Age:
From 7 years old
"...Alexis Kyritsopoulos offers children not only aesthetic pleasure and an opportunity to cultivate harmony, as well as a deeper understanding of the depiction and composition of new worlds, but also shares with them his love for poetic language..."
– Eleni Korovila, Bookpress.gr"...The symbolic imagery of Giorgos Sarantaris’s poems inspired Alexis Kyritsopoulos, who created a tender, ‘adventurous’ book. Although the author chooses third-person narration, he is arguably also the hero of the story, Alekos..."
– Mary Birbili elniplex.comAlexis Kyritsopoulos
He was born in Athens but discovered painting in Paris. His artwork features in galleries, books, vinyl records, CDs and posters. He has painted musical performances and created ‘moving paintings’, or in other words, animations. Sometimes he writes and illustrates his own books. At other times, he illustrates books written by others. So, apart from his solo exhibitions (Skoufa Gallery, Zouboulaki, Astra, Anemos) and some group exhibitions in which he participates, his paintings can be found in his books: The Fairy Tale of Colours, The White Horse, A Little Fairy Tale for Winter and Summer, Suddenly Christmas, Hide and Seek, One + 5 Caryatids (published by Kedros), Come, My Eyes, Adorn Yourself (published by Agra) and S’AG (published by Armos).
He collaborates with Stelios Ramfos on his books and with Dionysis Savvopoulos on his musical shows (Acharnes, Kourema, Savvorama), albums and CDs. He creates artwork for the music of Nikos Xydakis (album covers, CDs and posters). He has also illustrated Manos Hadjidakis’s The Absurdities. He creates artwork for the Athens Concert Hall (Petros and the Wolf, Savvorama, Lysistrata). He collaborates with Professor Vasso Tokatlidou (Department of Applied Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) on the graphic concept and illustration of French educational books.
