On April
9th, 2017 Lina wrote:
Well,
time goes by fast, things are changing, relations
between countries are changing, a lot of
instability and insecurity occurs among nations, people
. We need to experience , exercise and hold piece
inside and around us.
Since
I am too old to go into politics and still I miss
out of the personality of a politician, I decided 5
years ago, to write a novel "Golden lupines" (its a dry
legume with wonderful flowers cultivated in Mani , north
of Peloponesse ) , which is the story of
a famous internationally and sui generis
Greek writer from Mani, Dimosthenis Doxaras,
and patriot, the years of German
occupation, the Dictatorship and Crisis in
Greece , and his struggles and dreams to save
Greece. It will come out soon, in May by
Kastaniotis editions . My dream and hope is to make
the round of the world !!!!! Hopefully it will be
translated in English and French and let you know. This
is my contribution to Greece.
As
well, last May , I won the first
prize "in London Greek Film Festival",
for a short film scenario ,
titled " Imago" - the story of a
contemporary Narcissus,
Filippos Papanikolaou, and how he is punished
by his 7 sons, his clones, that he abandoned since
their birth . I am still waiting for
Greek Center of Cinematography to sponsor it in
order to make the short film in real.
My
daughter also gained the first prize for performance and
video art in Venice , 11th Premio Arte Laguna a
Venecia this past month, internationally .
To
conclude, my husband Evangelo Sorogas, has
been recognized for his expertise in media
production through his teaching years in the
University of Athens , School of Media and a new
studio production in the University, was named after hi
. Have peace to enlighten your
life, my dear colleges for the memorable years in
GEAR.
a
big warm hug
Lina
Trochalitou- Soroga
On January, 24th, 2016 Lina wrote:
Thank you Peter . Have a
wonderful meeting ! best regards
Lina Trochalitou Soroga (pray for us in
Greece)
On 15th
October, 2011 Lina Trochalitou (blond, not grey,
curl) writes:
Dear friends,
How wonderful it is and refreshing to hear from you
after all these years! What a clever idea to continue
our friendship through GEAR Plus! It is true that I keep
the best memories of our conventions in Europe which some of those I
used for inspiration lately to the point of writing
novels!
Since I moved to the suburbs, in Ekali (Kifisia), 30 km
north of Athens centre, surrounded by trees,
early-retired from ERT - good Lord I did it on time- with the ugly scenery we experience those days in
Greece - I keep busy in writing short stories and
novels, a dream back to my youth which came true after
my retirement.
As well, I am involved with the Mayors office in
Kifissia, as a member of the board -I was a candidate
for the municipality
of Kifissia
elections last year- and I organize cultural events like
inviting famous authors to present their work in front
of the public. (Vassilis Vasilikos, Thanassis
Valtinos,Maro Douka, Dinos Siotis, etc).
By all means, it is another meaningful way to
communicate with the public, besides calculating
numbers of TV viewing habits. Last year as well, I
published a media book about Public TV
“Strategies of
TV Programming For Public TV”, edited by
Papazissis.
It is
a reference book for students at Athens University of
Media Studies. The Greek title is
“Afougrasou to kino,I tehni mias
ousiastikis epikinonias, Odigos stratigikis gia tin
dimosia tileorasi” which
translates to :
"Listen to your audience - The art
of effective communication. A guide to strategy public
service TV."
At
present, I am seeking for a publisher for my second
book, with 18 short stories.
As far as the financial and political situation in Greece,
things are tight and ugly nowadays. Please consider that
we are not the only ones with financial problems and I
am sure in the near future other countries will face the
same problems. We need better negotiations, political
stability, and planned long term opportunities for
growth and development (agriculture, tourism, bio-energy
factors, exports etc). Regarding ERT’s future,
government is planning very soon to close ET1 -the
cultural channel- and the ERT s TV magazine
“Radiotiteorasi”. By consequence, a large number of
people will be fired again. I will be glad to know what
is your personal opinion.
I wish you a peaceful and fruitful life!
Friendly greetings
Lina Trochalitou-Soroga
24th January, 2008
Dear Peter,
sorry for the late reply but I am terribly busy doing
some work with a TV production book. What I am doing
exactly is translations from English to Greek for media
books. I am also working in preparing "?
Programming Strategy Book For Public TV", where I use
all my knowledge about programming, research, news etc.
Anyhow, I am doing well with the rest of my life, doing
also "applying art" as a hobby, doing sculptures,
jewelry, batic etc. which I enjoy much. My daughter is
19 years old and studies athletic management at Sparta
University. She is a pro in a lot of things, including
singing, politics, sports, publishing and editing the
university newspaper which she actually started. Next
year she is prepared to continue in Paris as an exchange
student in athletics. My husband is a university
professor in media and he is involved with the
Greek-American Union doing P.R. He is working hard and
long hours. I will send you pictures as soon as I will
get some recent ones. When you are in Greece, give me a
call: 6936 562868. We can get together with your family.
I live in Ekali, a nice subarbian town north of Athens.
If you know to suggest any books about programming
strategy for public TV in Europe, I will love to read
them as reference.
Many regards. Life is still beautiful !!
Lina Trochalitou-Soroga
24th January, 2008
Dear Peter,
sorry for the late reply but I am terribly busy doing
some work with a TV production book. What I am doing
exactly is translations from English to Greek for media
books. I am also working in preparing "?
Programming Strategy Book For Public TV", where I use
all my knowledge about programming, research, news etc.
Anyhow, I am doing well with the rest of my life, doing
also "applying art" as a hobby, doing sculptures,
jewelry, batic etc. which I enjoy much. My daughter is
19 years old and studies athletic management at Sparta
University. She is a pro in a lot of things, including
singing, politics, sports, publishing and editing the
university newspaper which she actually started. Next
year she is prepared to continue in Paris as an exchange
student in athletics. My husband is a university
professor in media and he is involved with the
Greek-American Union doing P.R. He is working hard and
long hours. I will send you pictures as soon as I will
get some recent ones. When you are in Greece, give me a
call: 6936 562868. We can get together with your family.
I live in Ekali, a nice subarbian town north of Athens.
If you know to suggest any books about programming
strategy for public TV in Europe, I will love to read
them as reference.
Many regards. Life is still beautiful !!
Lina Trochalitou-Soroga
Dear Gear colleagues, 14 of May 2003
It was a privilege, honour, and pleasure to be a member
of GEAR for 8 years.
I have learned and gained a huge knowledge from the
forums that I participated
these past years and exchanged information with all of
you from every part of the world.
I will also miss your friendship and the wonderful time
we passed together at the meetings.
I will leave in a month for an early retirement from
ERT, but I will continue to work in
TV audience research projects with Athens University of
Communications.
In ERT, the persons to contact for audience figures are
Ms Georgia Fourlari or Giorgos Triandafylidis:
tel 210-7780-508, e-mail gtriant@ert.gr and
fourlar@ert.gr
I would like to thank you all of you of the bottom of my
heart for this great experience
and I would like to believe that we will meet again
somewhere in the future.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you visit Greece
in order to meet.
My telephone at home is +30-210-7239-151, my mobile
phone is 6936-562868 and my new
e-mail is Elisa@oneway.gr
Kind regards and best wishes to all of you in your
professional and family lives
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