Mitsakis Michel (3 results)

Condition: Gut. 1. st. ed. Gr. 8°. 109 S. Orig.pappband, Einband am Rand leicht lichtrandig, unaufgeschnittenes Ex., gut erhalten, RAR. Sprache: Französisch, mit Abb. ----------- Michael Mitsakis was born in Megara, probably in 1868. He received his education in Sparta, where as a student he published the short-lived journal Taygetos. In 1880 he matriculated in the Law Faculty at Athens University, but after two years he dropped off in order to pursue a journalistic career. His articles appeared in almost all the Athens dailies and magazines, becoming at the same time a publisher of two satirical newspapers, Noise and Capital City. He writes his articles sometimes using his real name and sometimes a pen name. In addition to journalism, Mitsakis is prolific in literary works. He is a pioneer of naturalism and one of the founders of urban prose in modern Greek literature. He portrays life in the city and the alienation of the individual in it. His language is an amalgam of the vernacular and the puristic strain. Still very young Mitsakis manifests symptoms of mental illness, which sinks him in depression and makes him stop writing. His health deteriorates and finally becomes an inmate of Dromokaiteio Mental Hospital in Athens. He dies of pneumonia in hospital on June 6th, 1916. His works include a host of short stories, fiction and non-fiction.…

soft cover. Condition: fine. first edition. In quarto broché, 109 pages : portrait ; 26 cm 09 / 18,2 x 25,7 cm / mit 1 Portraittafel und 4 Faksimiletafeln - - - - L'écrivain grec M. Mitsakis (1863-1916) a été vite remarqué pour le dynamisme de son écriture mais également pour son comportement original. Son texte, sur un fou de village et l'hôpital psychiatrique de Corfou, constitue un témoignage important. Après un premier internement pour « dementia praecox », en 1896, il n'a pratiquement plus écrit en langue grecque. Au contraire, entre 1900 et 1911, il a écrit plusieurs poèmes en français sur les marges d'un volume de l'Iliade et sur des bouts de papiers qu' il a abandonnés sur les bureaux de journalistes. La valeur littéraire de ces poèmes est grande. La question de l'implication du processus psychopathologique dans sa production poétique est également d'un grand intérêt. - - - - - - - The Greek writer Michel Mitsakis (1863-1916) rapidly became known for the dynamic nature of his work, but also for his most singular behavior. His text on a village idiot and on the psychiatric hospital in Corfu are major literary works. After a first hospitalization for ?dementia praecox? in 1896, after that date he hardly ever wrote in his native language. On the contrary, between 1900 and 1911, he wrote several poems in French scribbled in the margins of a volume of the Iliad, or on pieces of paper which he left on journalists' desks. These poems are of great literary importance. The implication of the psychopathological process in Michel Mitsakis's work is also of major interest.…

broschiert; graublauer, schwarz bedruckter Einband / Anz. Seiten: 109 / 18,2 x 25,7 cm / mit 1 Portraittafel und 4 Faksimiletafeln / Zustand: gut, leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Buchblock unbeschnitten, Einband etwas knickspurig und leicht randlädiert Mit handschriftlicher Widmung des Herausgebers auf der Titelseite und einem maschinen- und handgeschriebenen Brief der Vorbesitzerin Sprache: fr.…