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The Kamini Comet
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 9:55 PM
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Kamini's unofficial, nonfactual (being that rumors change daily), noncommercial, approximately monthly online news source. Articles do not represent the opinions, views or sentiments of the publisher, editor, or any associate living, deceased, or expatriate. |
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Alison Leslie Gold
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Writer
Award-winning author Alison Leslie Gold has published fiction, nonfiction, and journalism; she has also written for radio and television. She presently divides her time
between New York City and Kamini, Hydra. Learn more. |
Bill Pownell
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Painter
English painter Bill Pownell has been living and working on Hydra for decades, transfoming its scenery into a symbolic language in his abstract paintings and creating evokative landscape collages. Learn more. |
Brice Marden
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Painter
American painter Brice Marden and his wife, Helen Harrington, first visited Hydra in 1971. Since, they have returned annually, and the island is said to have greatly affected Marden's work. Learn more and more. |
David Fagan
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Writer
David Fagan spent his formative years in Africa. After lunch on a Greek island day trip in 1983, he opted not to reboard the cruise boat but stayed, living and working on Hydra, pursuing his alternative lifestyle, publishing his first collection of stories about the island in 2003. Learn more. |
Don Lowe
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Writer
Don Lowe has spent the last four decads on the island and has penned multiple works of fiction. He often entertains the locals with readings from his writings. |
Francesca
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Poet
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Jacqueline Savidge |
Artist
Update coming soon! |
Leonard Cohen
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Writer and musician
Canadian poet, novelist, songwriter, and singer Leonard Cohen spent many years on Hydra, which features prevalently in or has otherwise influenced much of his writing. Learn more. |
Michael Lawrence
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Painter
Micheal Lawrence has lived and worked on Hydra since 1992, painting landscapes and portraits, as well as whimsical interpretations of idea and experience, some inspired by the island itself. He exhibits annually at the Maria Mercuri Gallery on Hydra's port. Learn more.
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Michalis Maniatis
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writer and actor
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Natacha Best
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Painter
French watercolorist Natacha Best divides her time between Paris and Hydra, taking the landscape as the inspiration for most of her paintings. She has exhibited for more than twenty years throughout France, Spain, and Greece.
Since 2006, she has served as vice president of Kamini's Verena Foundation. Learn more.
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Pauline Keaney
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Painter
Pauline Keaney lives permanently on Hydra, whose landscape and scenery are sources of inspiration for her abstract paintings. Learn more. |
Roger Green
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Poet
English writer and poet Roger Green lives and works full-time in Kamini, regaling the locals with his parodic verse. Learn more. |
Suzanne Elrod
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Painter
Portraitist and copiest Suzanne Elrod works full-time just above Kamini. Learn more. |
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