Family Name: Kairi
First Name: Evanthia
Birth Date: 1798
Birth Place: Andros
Death Date: Tue, Aug 07, 1866
Death Place: Andros
Main places of activity:
Place From To
Andros 1798 1807
Place From To
Kydonies (Ayvalik) 1807 1820
Place From To
Andros 1820 1823
Personal info:
Education

She was educated at home with the help of her brother, Theofilos Kairis, who was at the time teaching at the Kydonies Academy. She could read and write Modern and Ancient Greek, French and Italian.
Financial Situation

She belonged to a wealthy family of Andrian merchants. However, a big part of their fortune was lost during the Greek War of Independence and another big part was confiscated by the Greek state after her brother, Theofilos,  was persecuted, imprisoned and excommunicated.The last years of her life were spent in poverty.
Translations Other Works

translations activities

Evanthia Kairi translated from French into Modern Greek. Her stated goal was to promote the education of Greek women by exposing them to the enlightened ideas of Europe. Her translations closely followed the original texts, although she did omit  paragraphs or even chapters when she deemed the original to be too far removed from the reality of her Greek audience.



secondary bibliography references


Denissi, Sofia. “Η Ευανθία Καΐρη και το έργο της στο πλαίσιοτης γυναικείας δημιουργίας της εποχής της.” [EvanthiaKairi and her work in the context of women’s literature of her time]. In EvanthiaKairi: 200 years from her birth, 31:27–43. Andrian Chronicles. Andros:Kaireios Library, 2000.

Pashalis, Dimitrios. Ευανθία Καΐρη(1799-1866). [Evanthia Kairi (1799-1866)]. Athens: Estia, 1929.

Polemis, Dimitrios. “Η Ευανθία στη ζωή του Θεόφιλου και την κοινωνία της Άνδρου.” [Evanthiain the life of Theofilos and in the society of Andros]. In Evanthia Kairi:200 years from her birth, 31:13–27. Andrian Chronicles. Andros: Kaireios Library, 2000.

Xiradaki, Koula. Ευανθία Καΐρη: η Πρώτη Ελληνίδα Της Νεότερης Ελλάδας Που Διέδωσε Τη Μόρφωση (1799-1866). [Evanthia Kairi: the first woman in modern Greece to disseminate knowledge (1799-1866)]. Athens: Kedros, 1984.

Translations

  • Conseils à ma fille

  • Translation Title: ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗ ΘΥΓΑΤΕΡΑ ΜΟΥ, Σύγγραμμα Ι.Ν. Βουΐλλου
  • Original Author: Jean Nicolas Bouilly (1763-1842)
  • Original title: Conseils à ma fille
  • Publ. Year From: 1812 to:
  • lang: French
  • Translation: ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗ ΘΥΓΑΤΕΡΑ ΜΟΥ, Σύγγραμμα Ι.Ν. Βουΐλλου
  • Publisher: Κωνσταντίνος Τόμπρας
  • N° Editions: 1
  • Pub. Place: Κυδωνίες
  • Pub. Date: 1819
  • Lang: Greek

  • Éloge de Marc-Aurèle

  • Translation Title: Εγκώμιον του Μάρκου Αυρηλίου συγγραφέν μεν Γαλλιστί υπό Θωμά του Ρήτορος και μέλους της Γαλλικής Ακαδημίας Μεταφρασθέν δε υπό της ***
  • Original Author: Antoine Léonard Thomas
  • Original title: Éloge de Marc-Aurèle
  • Publ. Year From: 1774 to:
  • lang: FR
  • Title: Μάρκου Ἀντωνίνου Αὐτοκράτορος τῶν είς ἐαυτόν βιβλία ΙΒ, ᾧν προτέθειται τό ὑπὀ Θωμᾶ τοῦ ῥήτορος Γαλλιστί γεγραμμένον ἐγκώμιον Μάρκου, φιλοτίμῳ δαπάνῃ τῶν ὁμογενῶν Χίων
  • Pub. Place: Παρισίοις
  • Pub. Year: 1815
  • Lang: GR-FR
  • Note:

    The book Evanthia Kairi used as a source for her translation contained Marcus Aurelius Meditations in Greek and the Eloge by A.L. Thomas in French.

  • Translation: Εγκώμιον του Μάρκου Αυρηλίου συγγραφέν μεν Γαλλιστί υπό Θωμά του Ρήτορος και μέλους της Γαλλικής Ακαδημίας Μεταφρασθέν δε υπό της ***
  • Pub. Place: Ἐν Ἐρμουπόλει
  • Pub. Date: 1834
  • Lang: Greek
  • Note:

    In all probability, she translated the "Eloge" in 1817, but finally published it in 1835

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