Albert Camus

In 1958 celebrated French author Albert Camus extended an invitation to his close friend, the Greek-French painter Mario Prassinos, and his daughter, Catherine, to accompany him on a trip to Greece. Prassinos, though firmly embedded in the French artistic elite, would find in Greece a transformative encounter with light, color and atmosphere, which would profoundly shape his artistic vision.

A lot has been said about Manolis Glezos, the proud Greek who was the first to publicly stand up to the Nazis and humiliate Hitler by taking down the swastika flag from the Acropolis.

Journalists at Proto Thema have denounced the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras’s stance, in a resolution, during a general meeting, in the presence of representatives of the Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA), and state they will appeal to all international organisations.

Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan admitted in the Nobel Prize speech he penned that he was always so caught up in his musical endeavors that he had never stopped to consider whether his lyrics had any literary merit.

The significance of the famous French writer and thinker Albert Camus' quote, "One way to know a country is to know how people die there," was once again learned by us the other day, when 11 young girls and one educator burned to death in the Aladağ district of the southern province of Adana. 

"Just think, we're talking about one of the most-read books in the world. My brother might have been famous if your author had merely deigned to give him a name… But no, he didn't name him, because if he had, my brother would have caused the murderer a problem with his conscience: You can't easily kill a man when he has a given name."

'The Meursault Investigation' by Kamel Daoud (Other Press, 143 pages, $14.95)

BELGRADE - A Norwegian dance company called Zero Visibility, whose choreographies often have a social and political message, will perform a number called Guest at the Belgrade Dance Festival on Saturday.

This is the company's first appearance at the Belgrade Dance Festival, and Guest premiered in Oslo a month ago, according to what was said at a news conference.