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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-08-23
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[01] Philologist Emmanuel Kriaras dies at the age of 107
[01] Philologist Emmanuel Kriaras dies at the age of 107
ANA/MPA---Emmanuel Kriaras, lexicographer and philologist, emeritus
professor of the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, died late Friday in his home in Thessaloniki at the age
of 107 of a heart attack.
He will be buried, according to his wish, at his homeland Hania, Crete.
Kriaras was 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 (28/11/2013) on the occasion of his 107th
birthday, the internationally renowned scholar remarked, "I am well
aware that 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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