Eleni Vakalo

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

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 George 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

Poetry

 * Theme and Variations (Θέμα και Παραλλαγές), Athens, Icaros, 1945
 * Recollections from a nightmarish city (Αναμνήσεις από μια εφιαλτική πολιτεία), Athens, 1948
 * In the form of theorems (Στη μορφή των θεωρημάτων), Athens, 1951
 * The Forest (Το Δάσος), Athens, Karavia, 1954
 * Mural (Τοιχογραφία), Athens, The Friends of Literature, 1956
 * Age's diary (Ημερολόγιο της ηλικίας), Athens, Diphros, 1958
 * Description of the body (Περιγραφή του σώματος), Athens, Diphros, 1959
 * The Concept of blind people (Η Έννοια των τυφλών), Athens, 1962
 * The Way of being in danger (Ο Τρόπος να Κινδυνεύομε), Athens, 1966
 * Genealogy/Γενεαλογία (Greek-English edition, English translation by Paul Merchant), The Rougemont Press, 1971
 * Of the World (Του Κόσμου), Athens, Kedros, 1978
 * The foolishness of Ma Rodalina (Οι παλάβρες της Κυρά-Ροδαλίνας), Athens, Ypsilon, 1984
 * Events and Stories of Ma Rodalina (Γεγονότα και Ιστορίες της Κυρά-Ροδαλίνας), Athens, 1990
 * The Other Face of the Thing. Poetry 1954–1994 (Το Άλλο του Πράγματος. Ποίηση 1954–1994), Athens, Nepheli, 1995
 * Selected poems (Επιλεγόμενα), Athens, Nepheli, 1997

Art theory

 * Introduction to Topics of Painting (Εισαγωγή σε Θέματα Ζωγραφικής), Athens, Athens School of Fine Arts, 1960
 * 12 Lectures on Modern Art (12 Μαθήματα για τη Σύγχρονη Τέχνη), Athens, "Hour", Centre of Art and Culture, 1973
 * The Concept of Forms. Reading Art (Η Έννοια των Μορφών. Ανάγνωση της Τέχνης), Athens, "Hour", Centre of Art and Culture, 1979
 * The Face of Post-War Art in Greece (Η Φυσιογνωμία της Μεταπολεμικής Τέχνης στην Ελλάδα, in four volumes), Athens, Kedros, 1980–84
 * From the Viewer's Side. Essays (Από την Πλευρά του Θεατή. Δοκίμια), Athens, Kedros, 1989
 * Giorgos Vakalo. The charm of writing. (Γιώργος Βακαλό. Το θέλγητρο της γραφής), Athens, "New Forms" Gallery, 1994
 * Visual Arts Criticism (1950–1974) (Κριτική Εικαστικών Τεχνών (1950–1974), in two volumes), Athens, Kedros, 1996