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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-11-28
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[01] Philologist Emmanuel Kriaras, who turns 107, says 'It's time to go'
[01] Philologist Emmanuel Kriaras, who turns 107, says 'It's time to go'
ANA-MPA -- Emmanuel Kriaras, lexicographer and philologist, emeritus
professor of the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, "the oldest living personality of Greece," according to
electronic encyclopedias, turns 107 on Thursday. Kriaras is best-known
for his seminal work, the 16-volume "Lexicon of Medieval Greek Demotic
Literature 1100-1669," the first volume of which was published in
1968. His "Greek Dictionary of the Modern Demotic Language, Written and
Oral" came out in 1995 and has been described as "the most authoritative
modern Greek monolingual dictionary." In an interview with ANA-MPA on
the occasion of his 107th birthday, the internationally renowned scholar
remarked, "I am well aware of it: most - especially some of the newly
minted of the media - who come to see me do so not because they know
and appreciate my work and my personality. They are mostly impressed by
my age. I have never wanted to live so long... It just happened. I do
not want to live any longer. My joy (my beloved wife) has gone. Love,
which inspired me - love for life and creation - is no longer there. So,
thank you for the greetings and gifts, but they are now redundant. And
in our era there is no room for redundancies." Kriaras was born in
Piraeus when Greece was still on the Julian calendar (November 15); by
the Gregorian calendar currently in use, he was born on November 28, 1906.
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