''Nea Estia'' ( el, Νέα Εστία) is a Greek literary magazine which has been circulating since 1927. It was founded by Konstantinos Sarandopoulos (d. 1972) with the international writer and publisher

Gregorios Xenopoulos Gregorios Xenopoulos ( el, Γρηγόριος Ξενόπουλος; December 9, 1867 – 14 January 1951) was a novelist, journalist and playwright from Zakynthos. He was lead editor in the magazine ''The Education of Children'' (Η Διάπλασ ...

and is the longest-running literary magazine in Greece. Its director since 2012 is the writer and university professor Nikos Karapidakis and the publishing company is Nea Estia Booksellers, I.D. Kollarios & Co., which has been administered by its owner, the writer Eva Karaitidi, since 1998.

Before ''Nea Estia''

In the nineteenth-century, between 1876 and 1895 '' Estia'' (now a newspaper) was published, initially as a family periodical, later becoming a literary one. The directorship initially was held by the editor Pavlos Diomedes; after 1889 jointly with

Nikolaos Politis Nikolaos Politis or Nikolaos Polites (also spelled Nicolas Politis; el, Νικόλαος Πολίτης; 1872 in Corfu, Greece – 1942 in Cannes, France) was a Greek diplomat in the early 20th century. He was a professor of law by training, ...

, the folklorist and university professor and Georgios Drossinis, the poet, prose-writer and publisher. From 1894 until 1895 when it closed, it was taken over by the writer and publisher

(as ''Iconographeia Estia''), while at the same time George Drosinis started the newspaper '' Estia''. Thirty years later, Xenopoulos wanted to revive the old periodical, but the newspaper ''Estia'', which had come into the possession of Achilles Kyrou, legally precluded the use of the same name. Left in this position, the periodical took the name ''Nea Estia'' ("New ''Estia''") and began circulation on 15 April 1927.

Directors of the magazine

The first director was

, novelist and publisher, from 1927 until 1932. For two years Gregrios Xenopoulos held the directorship together with Petros Charis, the prose-writer, essayist and academic (1933–34), who took over alone after 1934 until 1987 (a long-running service of fifty-four years). In 1987 the writer and critic Evangelos N. Moschos took over until 1998, the writer Stavros Zoumboulakis until 2012, and after that the historian Nikos E. Karapidakis.

Publishers

The founding publisher of the magazine ''Nea Estia'' was Konstantinos Sarandoupoulos, who from 1925 had become a partner with his father-in-law Ioannis D. Kollaros. Ioannis D. Kollaros was presented as the publisher beginning in 1927, later this became "''Estia Booksellers, I.D. Kollarios & Co.''". Later editions had Sarandopoulos together with I.D. Kollarou until 1956, when Kollaros died and continued with Sarandopoulos listed alone until 1972, when he died. The company was taken over after 1972 by his daughter, Marina "Mania" Koraitidi, which continued until 1998. From 1998 on the publication of the magazine has been run by her daughter, Eva Karaitidi, the writer.

Critical reception

The viewpoints of ''Nea Estia'' are such that the magazine, whose publisher began "one of the most distinguished publications of the inter-war era", is an authoritative magazine in the world of letters and one which has constituted a "spiritual beacon" for many decades. reprinted in Importance is attached to the fact that it never stopped circulating during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

(a "publishing feat"). One characteristic of ''Nea Estia'' is that it maintains a neutral ideological stance, free of meaningful rivalries with other periodicals, with balanced choices of themes, styles and arrangement, while not taking an explicit or activist position on any social or political topic.

Content

The purposes of the director of the magazine, Grigorios Xenopoulos, were made clear in a meditative four-page pamphlet which was distributed in February 1927, two months before the first edition of ''Nea Estia'', outlining six principles: The magazine and its content consist either literary works or studies of literature in Greece and around the world. At the close of the 20th century it gave a comprehensive view of Greek literary trends and criticism, but also more general coverage of visual and fine arts themes, exhibiting a multi-dimensional character, but always with a significant weighting toward literature.

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External links

Nea Estia
volumes 1–1773, ΕΚΕΒΙ (Εθνικό Κέντρο Βιβλίου ational Book Centre in Greek) {{Authority control Nea Estia