Andreas Karavis Companion

Drawing on his friendship with Karavis, David Solway has leavened the critical commentary and biographical background with a selection of letters and extracts from the notebooks of this enigmatic Greek poet. Includes never-before-published new poems Karavis has sent to Solway.

The works and days of Andreas Karavis together constitute a rare phenomenon in the cultural life of contemporary Greece. A poet who was largely unknown until the late eighties, working indefatigably but in almost total obscurity from youth to later middle age, he suddenly finds himself in the public eye as a powerful but enigmatic presence ... yet his life remains an almost impenetrable secret.

Author Bio: Poet and essayist David Solway is the author of The Anatomy of Arcadia, Lying About the Wolf: Essays in Culture and Education, and Chess Pieces. With Saracen Island, Solway is the first to translate the poems of legendary Greek poet Andreas Karavis into English.