New York University
Department of Comparative Literature; Morse Academic Plan; School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Ph.D. 2006 New York University (Comparative Literature)
M.A. 2000 New York University (Comparative Literature)
M.A. Boston University (English)
B.A. Vassar College (English)
Book:
Six Nights on the Acropolis, A Novel by George Seferis, Translated and Introduced by Susan Matthias (Cosmos Publishing: The Modern Greek Literature Library, 2007)
Articles:
“The Personal Language Question Of Georgios Vizyenos.” In Modern Greek Studies Yearbook (University of Minnesota), Volume 16/17 (2000/2001), 501-505.
“Byron’s Giaour and its Paratexts.” In Byron: A Poet for All Seasons (Proceedings of the 25th International Byron Conference, September 1-8, 1999, Messolonghi, Greece), 98-108.
“Restoring the Prologue to the English Edition of Βίος
και ολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμά (alias Zorba the Greek): Recreating a Work in Progress.”
Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 16, Number 2 (October 1998), 221-240.
Book Review:
Review of On Translation by Edmund Keeley, Journal of Modern Greek Studies Volume 20, Number 1 (May 2002), 155-157.
Translations:
“Why the Apple Tree Did Not Become the Apple-Bearing Tree,” a previously untranslated story by Georgios Vizyenos, Modern Greek Studies Yearbook (University of Minnesota), Volume 16/17 (2000/2001), 507-511.
“The First of May,” a previously untranslated story by Georgios Vizyenos. Volume 7 (2000), Dialogos: Hellenic Studies Review (King’s College London), 155-167.
“The Time for Poetry,” an essay on Solomos by George Theotokas. Greece in Print: A Journal of Greek Literature and Culture, No. 151, (November 2000), 19.
Prologue to Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis. Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 16, Number 2 (October 1998), 241-245.
“Cavafy’s Ithaka,” an essay by George Seferis. Conjunctions:31 (Fall 1998), 88-93.
“Twenty-four Hours for Always, ” a poem by Odysseas Elytis (from Εν Λευκώ). Harvard Review, Number 10 (Spring 1996), 30-33.
Greek Novel
First-Person Narration
Diary Novel and Artist’s Novel
Translation Theory
Classical Literature
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Recipient of 2006 Elizabeth Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize for translation of novel Six Nights on the Acropolis by George Seferis