Date: Sun 6 April

Time: 4pm

Venue: Barnet Long Room, Customs House
31 Alfred St, Circular Quay

Cost: Free entry - Refreshments provided

Contact: 02 9750 0440

Language: English & Greek

Featuring Our Special Guest From China Mr Li Chenggui

Nikos Kazantzakis was a great admirer of Chinese civilisation. The event will be centred on his impressions from his first visit (1935) and the reception of his work in China.

The program will include:

• Kazantzakis and I, a talk in Greek by the Hellenist Li Chenggui, with summary in English
• Kazantzakis and China, a short talk in English, with Greek summary, by Alfred Vincent
• Extracts from Kazantzakis’ writings on China, read in English by Mary Kostakidis, in Greek by Anastasia Anastasiadis
• Chinese music and songs by Yang Xinyun

Li Chenggui worked for many years in Athens. He has translated Zorba and other books by Kazantzakis into Chinese.