Mimis Souliotis, who was a poet, belongs to the lyrical generation of the 70＇s, a typically ＂urban＂, literary period in the sense that poetry is part of a neo-realist framework along the lines of its great ancestor...Mimis Souliotis, who was a poet, belongs to the lyrical generation of the 70＇s, a typically ＂urban＂, literary period in the sense that poetry is part of a neo-realist framework along the lines of its great ancestors, Cavafy and Karyotakis. M. Souliotis deviates from the ＂urban poetry＂ of his prominent fellow-craftsmen. Despite of his having been brought up and nurtured in big cities （Athens, Thessaloniki）, his poetry has northwestern coordinates and focuses on Florina, his long-term domicile. As part of the northwest region of the Balkanian Macedonia, Florina is the main spacial work stream of his poetry, a reference field that is not only geographical but also deeply historical and existential. The provincial heartland of the Balkanian Macedonia enlarges upon his work repeatedly＇either as a geophysical landscape and as a river network, or as a climatic reality, as a historical reference and cultural tradition at times and, more often than not, as a linguistic impact, provided that there are several Slavic place names in his poetry. The Balkanian province is neither M. Soulioti＇s nostalgic reminiscence nor a painful flashback and, simultaneously, a redeeming feature in the past. It is nothing but his vividly experienced era, across his whole space-time fluidity. The ubiquitous use of rural area in M. Soulioti＇s poetry is not either a sightseeing ＂aspect＂ or a self- governed geographic entity but pure History and Language. He is interwoven with historical experiences and linguistic idioms from The Dust of Time＇an ontology and existence, not bound to national geographical lines. It is a perpetual and indissoluble Balkan anthropology experienced as part of an everyday reality展开更多
文摘Mimis Souliotis, who was a poet, belongs to the lyrical generation of the 70＇s, a typically ＂urban＂, literary period in the sense that poetry is part of a neo-realist framework along the lines of its great ancestors, Cavafy and Karyotakis. M. Souliotis deviates from the ＂urban poetry＂ of his prominent fellow-craftsmen. Despite of his having been brought up and nurtured in big cities （Athens, Thessaloniki）, his poetry has northwestern coordinates and focuses on Florina, his long-term domicile. As part of the northwest region of the Balkanian Macedonia, Florina is the main spacial work stream of his poetry, a reference field that is not only geographical but also deeply historical and existential. The provincial heartland of the Balkanian Macedonia enlarges upon his work repeatedly＇either as a geophysical landscape and as a river network, or as a climatic reality, as a historical reference and cultural tradition at times and, more often than not, as a linguistic impact, provided that there are several Slavic place names in his poetry. The Balkanian province is neither M. Soulioti＇s nostalgic reminiscence nor a painful flashback and, simultaneously, a redeeming feature in the past. It is nothing but his vividly experienced era, across his whole space-time fluidity. The ubiquitous use of rural area in M. Soulioti＇s poetry is not either a sightseeing ＂aspect＂ or a self- governed geographic entity but pure History and Language. He is interwoven with historical experiences and linguistic idioms from The Dust of Time＇an ontology and existence, not bound to national geographical lines. It is a perpetual and indissoluble Balkan anthropology experienced as part of an everyday reality
