Alexandros Isaris, writer, translator and painter, died yesterday afternoon, Thursday, February 24, at the age of 81 from coronavirus complications.
The news was published by the publishing house Kichli, in a post, noting: “Dear friends, Alexandros Isaris passed away this afternoon. The gap was unfilled for those of us who knew him. We will remember him through his diverse creative work, his poems and short stories, his paintings, his translations, his photographs. He was a man completely devoted to Art “.
The Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni, when she learned about the loss of Alexandros Isaris, said: “For more than five decades, Alexandros Isaris expressed himself with many faces, with many features, with many different manifestations of his multifaceted creativity. From the architecture and the depiction of the palace of Zakros, next to Professor Nikolaos Platonas, to painting, poetry, prose, translation, graphic design, photography, the art of Isari had no restrictions, rules, barriers. His rich, extensive work includes both the translations of Rilke and Bernhardt, the curator of Bach’s works at the Concert Hall, and the cover of dozens of books he has written for many publishing houses. At the same time that he was writing, painting, photographing or producing radio shows, always with the same passion and the same dedication to his art. I express my heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. “
The Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, Nikolas Giatromanolakis, stated: “Alexandros Isaris (Giannis Dimitriadis) 1941-2022
Serres, Thessaloniki, Graz, Berlin, Athens, architect, poet, writer, translator, painter, photographer, graphic designer… Many identities, many qualities, many lives… “I have designed over five hundred covers. I worked as an architect, print Zakrou, I did a lot of translations (literary and theatrical), I wrote eleven books, I did 10 solo exhibitions and I participated in 18 group exhibitions, I have also taken some 2,000 art photographs … Sometimes I feel like I have lived five lives! ” he had said. Incomplete, huge gap left in modern culture by the loss of Alexandros Isaris, who with whatever art he embarked on was distinguished, awarded, loved. Our warmest condolences to his family and countless friends. “
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