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Stratis Tsirkas

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Stratis Tsirkas


Born
in Cairo, Egypt
July 23, 1911

Died
January 27, 1980


(Greek: Στρατής Τσίρκας)

Yiannis Hatziandreas, who became known by the pen name of Stratis Tsirkas, was born in Egypt in 1911.
After graduating from the commercial section of the Ambeteio School he went to work in a cotton mill as an accountant and later as the manager of a factory in Upper Egypt. He read voraciously from an early age and published translations of poetry and short texts of his own in journals in Egypt and Greece.
From 1938 to 1963, when he settled in Greece, he managed a tannery in Alexandria, where he became involved in literary and communist circles.
In 1937 he published Fellahin, poems inspired by his time in Upper Egypt, in 1938 The Lyrical Voyage and in 1944 his first short story collection, Strange People.
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“Όπως το λες, όπως το γράφεις, αυτό είσαι. Εδώ δεν χωρούν ελαφρυντικά. Το ύφος είναι το πιό άσφαλτο κριτήριο της στάσης σου απένταντι στον άλλο, απέναντι στον άνθρωπο. Πόσο τον νιάζεσαι, πόσο τον σέβεσαι;...”
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“Bizler gerçeklik hakkında asla doğru bilgi edinemedik. Gerçekliğin bir bölümünü biliyoruz, bir başka bölümünü çarpıtarak yorumluyoruz; birileri bunu biliyor ama bizim neyi ne kadar bildiğimizi bilmiyor. Ve yaşamımız böylece yarı gerçekler ve yarı anlaşmazlıklar arasında kayıp gidiyor; olup bitenler açıklık kazandığındaysa, bize verdiği acıları ya da mutlulukları kimi zaman çoktan arkamızda bırakmış oluyoruz. Çünkü o sırada kafamızda başka yalanlar, başka gerçekler oluyor: Kim olduğumuzu anlamak için, kendimize dört elle sarılmalı, dikkatle ilerlemeliyiz. Her şeyi yola sokmanın tek çaresi, hiçbir şey bilmeyen biriyle birlikte her şeyi alfabesinden başlayarak yeniden öğrenmek.”
Stratis Tsirkas, Η λέσχη

“Huzuru bulmak için bizimle burada kalmak istemez misin? Çok yer gezdiğini söylediler bana. Paris, İsviçre, İspanya... Neden koşup duruyorsun? Peşinden kovalayan biri mi var?”
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