Rahul Sharma (Editor)

Eleni Vakalo

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Died
  
2001, Athens, Greece

Eleni Vakalo httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Books
  
P. Tetsis: Painting, Genealogy

Eleni Vakalo (Greek: Ελένη Βακαλό; 1921 – 2001) was a Greek poet, art critic and art historian.

Contents

Biography

Eleni Vakalo, née Stavrinou, was born in 1921, in Constantinople, and in 1922 her parents moved to Athens. She studied archaeology at the University of Athens (1940–45) and art history at Sorbonne (1948). In 1944 she married the painter Giorgos Vakalo (1902 – 1991).

Awards

  • First State Award for Poetry, 1991
  • Essay Award of the Academy of Athens, 1997
  • Honorary degree in history-archaeology from the University of Thessaloniki, 1998
  • Honorary degree from the University of Derby, 2000
  • References

    Eleni Vakalo Wikipedia