History: AZ Athens Greek Language School

The Greek language school in Athens Greece is a private organization founded in 1969 by a group of scholars and artists interested in providing educational Greek language programs and artistic events for students and adults of all nationalities. Its main activities include a modern Greek language program, and semester abroad programs with participating universities. Cultural activities include an annual touring theatre festival of ancient Greek drama, guest speakers, and exhibits.

The Greek language school in Athens has been bringing talented poets, artists, scholars, writers, and performers to Greece, from W.H. Auden to R. Buckminster Fuller. Members of the Julliard String Quartet and the Metropolitan Opera have spent summers at the language school; American poet Jimmy Merrill gave his last reading at the language school, and Beat poet Gregory Corso was a poet in residence. The director of the Greek language school has organized sculpture workshops on Naxos, and other programs in Turkey, Egypt, Madrid, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Lisbon, in the framework of the '' The Cultural Capitals of Europe". Cultural events have been organized with numerous embassies in Athens including the American, Irish, Chinese, Argentinian, French, and other foreign missions.

The Greek language school in Athens is a Greek non-profit organization governed by an elected Board of Directors drawn from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Fulbright Foundation in Greece, The Athens Polytechnic and the Foreign Press Association. It cooperates with Ellinikos Politismos that organizes and administers its Greek Language programs.

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