Myrsini Gana

On this episode, poet and translator Myrsini Gana joins us for a conversation about Alice Oswald’s Memorial and the Odyssey, nostalgia and memory. We listen to music ranging from Death in Vegas and Daft Punk to Trisomie 21. Produced and presented by Vasia Tzanakari

Poet and translator Myrsini Gana was Vasia Tzanakari's guest on this episode of “The Words of Others”. The conversation ranged across Wuthering Heights, poetry, musical settings of literary works, novels, the art of translation and retranslation of classics, The Catcher in the Rye, magical gardens that remain indelible in memory, and much more. Produced and presented by Vasia Tzanakari Η εκπομπή “Οι Λέξεις των Άλλων” αναζητά τις κρυφές συνδέσεις ανάμεσα στη λογοτεχνία και τη μουσική. Η συγγραφέας Βάσια Τζανακάρη συζητά με τους καλεσμένους της, ανθρώπους από τον χώρο του βιβλίου, για την τέχνη του λόγου αλλά και για ... Read more

On Saturday, November 4, "Our Town" features Myrsini Gkana and Lena Kallergi. The prize-winning poets talk about their many interesting works involving translation, essays, and writing poetry. In a special show with fun and intense dialogues, reference is being made to the feelings that inspire...

Myrsini Gana was born in Athens. She studied English Literature at the University of Athens and Cultural Management in Brussels. She works as a translator. Her first poetry collection Ta Pera Meri (2017, Melani Editions) was awarded with the Audience Award of Public and the Debutant Poet Award by...