Biografia tou Nikou «H Minwikh Idiofuïa» Nikolaou

Th selida auth mporeite na th diabasete: in English; sta Ellhnika (me ellhnikous xarakthres); sta Ellhnika (se Unicode); en Esperanto; tlhIngan Hol lo'lu'taHvIS.

Topos gennhsews mou to Lwnseston sthn Tasmania, sthn Australia, uios ths Marias Nikolaou, to genos Lukakh, apo th Zakro sthn Krhth sthn Ellada, kai ton Stauro Nikolaou, to genos Xatzhmarkou, apo ton Kalopanagiwth sthn Kupro. Exw mia aderfh, th Rena, duo xronia mikroterh mou, pou douleuei ws arxitamias sthn Eqnikh Trapeza ths Australias.

To onoma mou dhladh eprepe kanonika na einai Nikos Xatzhmarkou; epitreyte mou twra na sas ekqesw to aniaro istoriko tou epwnumou mou... O pateras mou exei eji aderfia, kai sthn Australia jeniteuthkan tessereis. O prwtos, o Giwrgos, phge to 1947. Olws periergws, to '47 kaneis aggloaustralos den eixe diaqesh na proferei to «Xatzhmarkou»; olo Xatzhmaria ebgaine. Gi' auto o qeios mou apofasise na kanei to patrwnumiko tou epwnumo. Ta tria tou aderfia pou ton akolouqhsan sthn Australia (o Xristos, o Stauros kai o Antreas) ekanan to idio. Logwi omws ths arxhs ths pappoklhsias, apebh to moiraio: exw tria jaderfia, pou ki auta legontai Nikos Nikolaou!¹

H oikogeneia mou efuge apo thn Tasmania na palinosthsei sthn Ellada otan hmoun oxtw xronwn. Sthn Ellada (kai sugkekrimena sthn Krhth, sth Shteia, konta sto xwrio ths manas mou) ekana apo to 1979 ws to 1983. Apo to 1983 mexri to 1998, katoikousa sth Melbournh, kai ekei egina anqrwpos. Foithsa sto Lukeio Melbournhs apo to '85 mexri to '88, kai sto Panepisthmeio Melbournhs apo to '89 ws to '98. To prwto mou ptuxeio to phra sthn Hlektrikh Mhxanologia kai sthn Plhroforikh. H mhxanologia mou bghke pantelws xasimo xronou --- h spoudh den me endiefere, kai mexri kai shmera sugkollhth den mporw na xeiristw. Mou konomhse omws ptuxeio «meta timhs» berese --- kati pou mou fanhke argotera xrhsimo. H plhroforikh apebh pio euxrhsth; malista sxedon osh misqwth ergasia exw kanei ektote, apo kei thn kerdisa. Alla kati akoma tou elleipe tou Niko...

To 1991 loipon, sthn proteleutaia mou xronia mhxanologias, sunanthsa s' ena partu mia kopella pou tuxaine foithtria glwssologias. Mpa? Glwssologia? Gia katse, de m' endiaferoun kai menane oi glwsses kai ta toiauta? Eixe malista kai mia fash sto lukeio pou ekana sullogh tis glwsses san ta grammatoshma.

Etsi loipon (frontizontas na me piasei h krish meshlikias nwritera apo tous perissoterous mhxanologous) arxhsa na parakolouqw ta maqhmata Istorikhs Glwssologias tou Ilia Peïros . Me sardoniko xamogelo. Oi ekei foithtries (panta kaxupoptes enanti twn pareisaktwn apo th Mhxanologia) nomizan pws xamogelousa epeidh hmoun ratsisths tou kerata kai koroïdeua thn profora tou Ilia; sthn pragmatikothta, xamogelousa dioti qewrousa thn anasugkrothtikh meqodologia abasimh. Isws gi' auto akribws to logo, twra pou katalhja na eimai istorikos glwssologos xwris kan na to eixa kata nou, ergazomai panw sthn allagh ths glwssas, kai oxi thn anasugkrothsh... En pasei periptwsei, mou kinhqhke h periergeia, kai prin kala-kala to katalabw, ekana ptuxeio Master stis Gnwstikes Episthmes (ws metabash sth Glwssologia), kai jekinhsa to didaktoriko mou sth Glwssologia ton Ioulio tou '94. Xara aperigrapth, na asxoloumai epitelous me mia spoudh pou me endiaferei... Gia na bgei h diatribh sou, bebaia, qelei kai qusies, kai apo to Noembrio tou 1996 mexri to Dekembrio tou 1998, oso douleua gia ta sobara panw sth diatribh mou, hlios de m' eblepe.

Mou ephlqe qusia akoma megaluterh otan, molis arxiza na jananalogizomai koinwnikes sunanastrofes sthn polh mou, mou egine prosfora anantirrhsimh na ergastw sto Irvine, sthn eparxia Orange ths Kalifornias. Kaqomai loipon stis HPA apo to Febrouario tou 1999. Kai pws antexw makrua apo thn Australia? Ma egw sthn Australia akoma briskomai; o kosmos trigurw mou einai pou brisketai sthn Amerikh...

Pros anayuxhn: egrafa mousikh palaiotera, alla ta parathsa meta to lukeio (an kai grafw akoma pou kai pou kanena tragoudi); gia na ginei h douleia swsta, h mousikosunqesh apaitei na afierwseis mia zwh sou --- den ginetai to Sabbatokuriako. Egrafa poihmata (sthn Esperanto) --- kai ta parathsa ki auta, molis arxiza malista na ta katafernw (to '92): otan se pianei ousiastikh kataqliyh (kai oxi mono h pros to qeaqeinai), h fwnh sou pia xanetai. (Mou exei perasei pantws twra, euxaristw!) Kai bebaia, einai kai auth h koubenta me tis texnhtes glwsses (des to oikoselido mou), diafores poikilies mousikhs (kai pali, des to oikoselido mou), kai polla kai diafora ta twn kompiouterakidwn.

Ti allo? Hmoun oligon startrekas --- kai apo tous ligous gnwstous mou pou qewrousan to Apwdiasthmiko Staqmo Ennea kalutero apo to Star Trek: H Nea Genia. Kai to Star Trek to parathsa, quma ths diatribhs mou (kai ths apejarthshs mou apo thn thleorash), alla h enasxolhsh mou me thn Kligkon egguatai pws qa me tautizoun sunexeia me to ergo. Fhmologoumai pws eimai fwnaklas kai adiakritos --- h mallon, na to pw me tropo pou briskw pio euxaristo, ejwstrefhs kai terpnos. Bebaia, meta tessera xronia diatribh kai panepisthmeiakh fagwmara, araia kai pou pleon jefwnizw stous perastikous. Kai briskw ta kasious mia idea para, ma para polu kalh...

Uposhmeiwseis:

1. 1. O Nikos Nikolaou tou Gewrgiou htan gumnasiarxhs sth Boreia Epikrateia ths Australias (alla twra einai pisw sthn Tasmania.)
   2. O Nikos Nikolaou tou Xristodoulou einai dhmosiografos sthn Aqhna.
   3. O Nikos Nikolaou tou Andrea einai programmatisths sth Melbournh.
   4. O Nikos Nikolaou tou Staurou sas zalizei me toutes tis autobiografikes fluaries auth th stigmh!