is a body of work, however, that is virtually impossible to translate, as the magic of his language is founded on the Greek diglossia: elaborately crafted, high Katharevousa for the narrative, interspersed with authentic local dialect for the dialogue, and with all dialectical elements used in the narrative formulated in strict Katharevousa, and therefore in forms that had never actually existed. Translated Works The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories, Vol.I, Translated by various hands (Denise Harvey: Limni 2007), (cloth bound), (paper bound) The Murderess: A Social Tale, Translated by Liadain Sherrard (Denise Harvey: Limni 2011), Around the Lagoon: Reminiscenses to a Friend, Bilingual edition translated by Peter Mackridge,(Denise Harvey: Limni 2014) The Merchants of Nations, tr. M. Tzoufras (2016) Tales from a Greek Island, tr. E. Constantinides (1987) The Murderess, tr. P. Levi (1983) "Fey Folks, tr. David Connolly, Aiora Press, Athens 2013, Excerpts of various Papadiamántian works by Fr. Ioannis Fortomas on his Wordpress blog “Papadiamántianpriest” See also Greek literature Further reading A. Keselopoulos, Greece's Dostoevsky: The Theological Vision of Alexandros Papadiamandis (2011) L. Coutelle et al., A Greek Diptych: Dionysios Solomos and Alexandros Papadiamantis (1986) External links The House of Papadiamantis Biography at Denise Harvey & Co. "The Gleaner" a short story translated into English Papadiamantis Museum (in Greek) Mapping the Short Stories of Alexandros Papadiamantis (in Greek) 1851 births 1911 deaths People from Skiathos 19th-century Greek novelists Greek male short story writers Greek short story writers 19th-century Greek writers 19th-century male writers 19th-century short story writers Eastern Orthodox writers Deaths from pneumonia in Greece