Patrikios, who barely survived being killed by collaborators during WWII and was exiled to an island for three years after the Greek Civil War in 1946 because of his Leftist ideals, said he was glad so many showed up at the event.
Patrikios, koji se jedva izvukao da ga ne ubiju kolaboracionisti tijekom Drugoga svjetskog rata i koji je bio prognan na jedan otok na tri godine nakon građanskog rata u Grčkoj 1946. godine zbog svojih ljevičarskih ideala, rekao je kako mu je drago što se toliko ljudi pojavilo na večeri poezije.