Athens 2026

Old Fortress of Corfu,
10 July 2024 - 28 February 2025
 

 

IASON DEPOUNTIS
“DUE TO YOU, POETRY, TROY IS STILL BURNING”


EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THE POET, WRITER, PEDAGOGUE

Credits (Corfu 2024/2025, GR)

Ελληνικά
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Ελληνικά
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To mark the 15th anniversary of the passing of Iason Depountis, one of Greece’s most significant post-war poets, the Cultural Society ILIOSTASIO, in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corfu, held an exhibition celebrating his life and work. The exhibition was displayed at the Old Fortress of Corfu from July 2024 to February 2025.

Now, in partnership with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Municipality of Athens, ILIOSTASIO is bringing the exhibition to Athens in 2026 for a new audience.
 

The exhibition at the Old Fortress of Corfu
Old Fortress of Corfu, Church of St. George (Video)
Old Fortress of Corfu, Alevrapothikes (Video)
 

Iason Depountis is considered one of the most important Greek post-war poets. When he was forced to leave Greece in 1969, due to the imposition of the military dictatorship, he settled in Switzerland, where he lived until his death as an educator, poet, prose writer and translator. As an intellectual, he actively participated in the circles of the Greek diaspora. From 1985 until the end of his life he creatively divided his time between Zurich, Corfu and Athens.
 

A detailed description of the exhibition

 

Under the aegis
of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the Embassy of Switzerland in Greece