“Basilis Vasilikos spoke the universal language – the greatest achievement for a writer. And he conversant with world History at the same time – the greatest achievement for a man. Much-written, much-translated, much-awarded, valuable” states in his post on “X” among others the president of SYRIZA – PS Stefanos Kasselakis about the death of the great writer Vassilis Vassilikos.

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“The Greek language has all the potential of dynamite”, Vassilis Vassilikos had said in an interview.

He managed the global explosion with one letter: Z. Literary explosion. Explosion of democracy. An entire planet learned about the hero Grigoris Lambrakis, the parastatal that ruled our country for decades, the democracy that some people killed in this place to win.

Vassilis Vasilikos spoke the universal language – the greatest achievement for a writer. And he conversant with world History at the same time – the greatest achievement for a man. Much-written, much-translated, much-awarded, valuable.

But for SYRIZA – PS today’s loss is double. Not only the great intellectual but also the great companion. Who sided with SYRIZA in difficult times and graced the first place of the national ballot in the 2019 elections, as graced through his election the Greek parliament.

Allow me a personal note. I read Z young man, in America, I saw the film by Kostas Gavras, and this book became part of my own political and moral constitution. “I wanted to capture my century”, said Vassilis Vassilikos. He is one of the few who achieved it so indelibly.