Book presentation: ”Barnet” by Giannis Palavos

Translated into Swedish by Jan Henrik Swahn

Published: 2024-12-04

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Welcome to a literary evening in the company of Giannis Palavos, the author of the short story collection Barnet, and Jan Henrik Swahn, who translated it into Swedish.

Swedish Institute in Athens, Mitseon 9, on December 12, 2024, at 7 p.m.

Giannis Palavos was born in 1980 in Velvedo Kozanis, in an exciting and not so known part of Greece. Despite only a few collections of short stories, Palavos is already an international name and translated into different languages.

Jenny Wallensten, director of the institute welcomes and reads selected sections of the short stories together with Jan Henrik Swahn.

Languages: Greek, English and Swedish.

Welcome!

Attached file: Invitation

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