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JGMC 9 (1) pp. 121–128 Intellect Limited 2023
Journal of Greek Media & Culture
Volume 9 Number 1
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© 2023 Intellect Ltd In Conversation. English language.
https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00074_7
IN CONVERSATION
TATIANA FAIA
Independent Scholar
TONIA TZIRITA ZACHARATOU
Research Scholar
KRISTINA GEDGAUDAITĖ
University of Amsterdam
FIONA ANTONELAKI
University of Thessaly
Hadrian and other forgotten
futures
Tatiana Faia is a Portuguese poet who often writes about ancient and contem-
porary Greece in her work. One of her previous books, A Room in Athens
(Tinta da China Press, 2018), which was awarded the Pen Award for Poetry in
Portugal in 2019, features several poems set in Greece. Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou
is a Greek poet and scholar who is currently working on a Greek translation
of Tatiana Faia’s latest book, Hadrian (Não Edições, 2022). In December 2022,
they met in Athens to conclude the project and discuss poetry and translation
for the Journal of Greek Media & Culture.
Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou (TTZ): You started as a classicist. Was there a
sense of idealization of Greece because of your education? How did you