Dionysis Savvopoulos: A farewell
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Dimitris Papanikolaou
Oct 25, 2025, 3:23:38 PMOct 25
to 'Gonda Van Steen' via Modern Greek Studies List
Dear friends and colleagues,
as most of you would know, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greece's foremost singer-songwriter, died in Athens on Tuesday, after a long illness.
His funeral today was another occasion to show the deep, affective bonds different generations of Greeks had with him. I single out Alkinoos Ioannidis'
beautiful and moving tribute. Among other things, he explained what my generation saw in Savvopoulos, as well as the different ways we approached his work: often in disagreement with its politics, but always in awe of its creative genius
and analytical acumen.
On this day of farewells, our Greek Studies Now blog is republishing a short piece I wrote as introduction to the recent translation of Savvopoulos's lyrics into English by David Connolly, complete with helpful links to songs and videos.
The piece can be found here
More information about Dionysis Savvopoulos, The Rock Song of Our Tomorrow; Selected Lyrics, publ. by Aiora Press, Athens, can be found here
Αουντουαντάρια, αουντάριά...
Dimitris Papanikolaou
Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Cultural Studies, Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford
Professor of Modern Greek and Comparative Cultural Studies, Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford
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