Mantinades

Mantinades Mantinades are short Cretan rhymes. Frans van Vlerken has transalated and created a booklet of Mantinades transalated from Greek.

Frans van Vlerken, born in The Netherlands, has translated traditional Cretan rhymes into Dutch, German and English in order to reach non Greek speakers. He has produced a little book of these translations as well as illustrating it with his own water color paintings. Frans has been living and working in the South-East of Crete since 1983. As well as being an author and a painter, he is a farmer.

07/12/2018

Jassu mimanzo, ti kanis?

28/05/2018

Last but not least, the 51 Mantinades Interview in German.

28/05/2018

An interview with Frans van Vlerken about his booklet 51 Mantinades in German.

10/05/2018

A short interview with Frans van Vlerken and Pim van Heugten

30/04/2018

Be ready for the Dutch version coming next week. :-)

30/04/2018

This video is a short introduction to Frans van Vlerken, what Mantinades are, why he has transalated them and a little about his paintings.

Good Morning to the world. :-)I set up a new store yesterday for book purchases. There were some problems with it on mob...
30/01/2018

Good Morning to the world. :-)

I set up a new store yesterday for book purchases. There were some problems with it on mobile devices but that is fixed. Sorry to anyone who was trying to get in and couldn't.

Koufonisi Island.Frans's latest masterpiece. 😎
18/12/2017

Koufonisi Island.
Frans's latest masterpiece. 😎

Still looking  for a Christmas present?     Its not too late! Get a "51 Mantinades" booklet sent to you for €6.90 or get...
08/12/2017

Still looking for a Christmas present? Its not too late!
Get a "51 Mantinades" booklet sent to you for €6.90 or get 2 for €13.50 inclusive of postage.

25/11/2017

From South to North, from West to East, there are poems all over the planet, but in a little village in South-East Crete at the edge of Europe, Frans writes them like this:

Mijn Geluksvogel.

Ik weet niet meer wanneer of het waarom,
Misschien was hij aan vakantie toe,
Ik stemde in en dat was stom,
Maar god, alles ging toch ook zo goed.

Vanaf mijn schouder vloog hij weg.
“Veel plezier”, riep ik nog over ’t plein.
Wie dacht aan de toekomst of aan pech?
Het zou maar voor een weekje zijn.

Waren de pinda’s soms niet duur genoeg,
Of gaf ik hem teveel te doen,
Ben ik een moeilijk mens misschien?

Heeft een kogel zijn kop doorklieft,
Is hij verdwaald of soms verliefd?
Helaas: nooit heb ik hem weergezien.

Full interview at Planet Radio.
22/11/2017

Full interview at Planet Radio.

Ο Frans van Vlerken από την Ολλανδία μιλάει για τα 34 χρόνια ζωής του στη Κρήτη, για τους πίνακες ζωγραφικής που δημιούργησε, για τις κρητικές μαντινιάδες που αγάπησε και τις μετέφρασε στα Ολλανδικά, Γερμανικά και Αγγλικά χωρίς να χάσει την ουσία.

22/11/2017

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