Sofka Zinovieff was born in London, has Russian ancestry and has lived in Greece for many years. Her latest book is a highly personal family memoir, which traces the lives of her grandfather, the Mad Boy, and his relationship with the eccentric composer, painter and writer, Lord Berners. And how her grandmother and then she herself became part of the story…
Eurydice Street “remains the best account of today’s Greece, with sharp insights into nationalism, terrorism and the Orthodox church.” Books about Greece: holiday reading guide Recommended reading for visitors to Greece, compiled by Michael Kerr Sunbathing in Greece Photo: GETTY By Michael Kerr... Read The Rest →
Saturday 27 September 2014 10.30 am Blenheim Palace, The Marlborough Room For more information visit Festival website Writer and granddaughter of the ‘Mad Boy’, Robert Heber-Percy, Sofka Zinovieff tells of the scandalous lives and eccentricities of a cultured elite living in Faringdon... Read The Rest →
A LITERARY EVENING at THE ATHENS CENTRE Featuring Sofka Zinovieff and Alicia Stallings On Wednesday, June 26, 7:00pm, at The Athens Centre, Archimidous 48, Pangrati, Mets. Sofka Zinovieff will be speaking about the process of... Read The Rest →
The House on Paradise was published in Germany, June 2013 by dtv Premium Athen, Paradiesstraße dtv website www.dtv.de
Kaya Cultural Connections 2013 Louis de Bernières, Victoria Hislop, Jeremy Seal, Sofka Zinovieff 27th April-3rd May Kaya Connections, a multicultural international festival of literature, music, art, food and culture, brought hundreds of people to Kaya village, near Fethiye,... Read The Rest →
Greece and Britain in Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913-2013 April 12th 2013 Selwyn College, Cambridge Sofka Zinovieff will be giving the paper: ‘Lazy Greeks’: The Crisis, Greek Political Identity and the Scars of the Civil War Programme now available. http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/greek/news/Women.html ... Read The Rest →
