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Women's Literary Society |
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1966-1990
Twenty four years separate the one picture from the other:
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the first photo (1966) Angeliki Varella is given her first
award by the President Tatiana Stavrou and Lila Karanikola. |
In
the second photo (1990) Angeliki Varella and Zoe Kanava
give a prize to a young talented author, Mrs. Veatriki
Kantzola-Sabatakou.
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1990: Angeliki
Varella gives an account of the yearly competition as
president
of the Women's Literary Society
in the auditorium of the Parnassos Philological Society.
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WOMEN'S LITERARY SOCIETY
PRIZES
Each year the Society awards prizes for the following
genres of children's literature: historical novel on
a subject from Greek History, poems for very young children,
travel novels, etc.
Since 1958 the Women's Literary Society has been active
in promoting children's books, which are based on Greek
everyday reality and reflect a faith and optimism in
life. Every year it organizes competitions on a wide
range of themes, with distinguished prizes donated by
publishing companies, private citizens, organizations
and others. To date some 3,000 children's books have
been submitted to the Women's Literary Society, of which
more than 250 have been awarded prizes, at the same
time creating a breeding ground for writers faithful
to children's literature.
WOMEN'S LITERARY SOCIETY
ANNIVERSARY
To mark its 30th anniversary, the Women's Literary
Society organized an exhibition from November 28 to
December 8, 1988, in cooperation with the Municipality
of Athens. The exhibition included more than 150 children's
books published, after winning an award in one of WLS's
30 annual contests for unpublished manuscripts, entered
anonymously. At the opening of the exhibition a two-day
meeting of lectures on children's books was held.
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II. Diadromes (Routes): |
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DIADROMES sto xoro tis logotexnias
gia pedia ke neous
(ROUTES to literature
for children and adolescents) |
A new (quarterly)
Journal first issued in the spring of 1986
The purpose of Diadromes is to contribute to
and facilitate research about children's literature, to
provide information on and serve as a guide to good books
for children, as well as to deal with issues concerning
the writing and teaching of children's literature. The
journal is edited and issued by a group of nine writers
and/or educationists, well-known in the Greek children's
book world.
With immense love, a lot of work and patience, the journal
Diadromes, conceived and realized by volunteers,
has been circulating since 1986, which is pretty rare
for a Greek magazine. It has a faithful readership, subscribers
who are interested in children's literature.
Editor
in chief: V.D. Anagnostopoulos
Associate editor:
Angeliki Varella
Editorial committee:
V.D. Anagnostopoulos, Theti Hortiati, Maria Mirasgezi,
Loty Petrovits, Galatia Grigoriadou - Soureli, Angeliki
Varella, Eleni Ilia, Litsa Psarafti, Tasoula Tsilimeni
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III. Visits to schools |
Almost
every day Angeliki Varella visits schools from one corner
of Greece to the other.
She has given lectures to the Universities of Athens,
Crete, Thessalia, Patra, in the Department
of Modern Greek Literature Studies of the University
of Marc Block in Strasbourg, in Greek schools in Munich
and Stuttgart and many others.
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IV. Other activities |
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Works of Angeliki Varella are included in many anthologies
and collection of stories published by various publishers,
f.i.:
- Immortal idea (Olympic
Games), Agyra Publications
- Immortal Olympic Spirit,
Psichogios Publications
- There's so much I'd love
to tell you, mum and dad, Psichogios Publications
and many others, and of course, in all the collections
of stories written by the members of Women Literary
Society, an organization of which Angeliki Varella is
the President.
2.
As member of the Organization "Friends
of the Poet Drosini Museum", she participates
regularly in events, such as speeches, collection of
texts about the poet, etc.
3. As
member of the Organization "Friends
of the Natural History Museum Goulandri",
she participates in the publication of a quarterly newspaper
on environmental subjects.
4. For
20 years she has been Secretary
General of the Special Education Workshop, a
school for young people with disabilities.
5. She
has translated, edited,
or retold (from
French): eight books by Jules Verne, sixteen books of
ecological subjects and Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting.
6. She
has written short stories and various articles in the
magazines:
a) Aerostato (The
balloon) published by the Ministry of Education and
addressed to the Greek children who live in Germany,
b) Greek Red Cross
(monthly magazine) from 1970 until 1981,
c) Synergasia
(Cooperation) published every three months. Her participation
has been continuous, from the day this magazine was
founded until today.
d) Unicef, on
a regular basis.
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