Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

male, deceased (1957)
ModernGreekwriter, modern Greek poet, Travel writer, Playwright, poem, writer…greek, zorba the greek, Zorba the Greek writer, The Last Temptation of Christ writer
Nikos Kazantzakis, author of poems, novels, essays, plays, and travel books, was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and...
Demetrius Vikelas

Demetrius Vikelas

male, deceased (1908)
track and field, ModernGreekwriter, basket, swimming pool, volleyball, Business Person…greek
Demetrius Vikelas, also known as Bikelas (February 15, 1835 - July 20, 1908) was a Greek businessman and the first president of the International...
Penelope Delta

Penelope Delta

female, deceased (1941)
Goudi Pronunciamento, ModernGreekwriter, Greek women writer, Trellantonis, Goudi Rebellion, Gia tin Patrida…writer, greek
Penelope Delta was a Greek author of books for older children. Delta was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to the wealthy cotton merchant Emmanuel Benakis...
Adamantios Korais

Adamantios Korais

male, deceased (1833)
Greek War of Independence, ModernGreekwriter, greek, freedom, byzantine, linguistics…writer, ancient greek
Adamantios Korais (Coraïs) (Greek Αδαμάντιος Κοραής was born in Smyrna, in 1748. He was exceptionally passionate about philosophy, literacy and ling...
Alexandros Papadiamantis

Alexandros Papadiamantis

male, deceased (1911) (Arleta, California, United States)
ModernGreekwriter, novelist, greek, pneumonia, death by pneumonia, from Thessaly…writer
Alexandros Papadiamantis (Greek: ') (March 3, 1851 - 3 January, 1911) was a famous Greek writer. He died of pneumonia.
Andreas Kalvos

Andreas Kalvos

male, deceased (1869)
ModernGreekwriter, modern Greek poet, greek, Zakynthos, Educator, Modern Greek dramatists and playwright…writer
Andreas Kalvos was a contemporary of Dionysios Solomos and one of the greatest Greek writers of the 19th century.
Vassilis Vassilikos

Vassilis Vassilikos

male, 75 years old
ModernGreekwriter, unesco, political, ambassador, journalist, activist…greek, writer, modern Greek poet, Modern Greek dramatists and playwright, Greek military junta of 1967-1974
Vassilis Vassilikos is a prolific Greek writer and diplomat. A native of the northern Greek island of Thassos, Vassilikos grew up in Salonika,...
Apostolos Doxiadis

Apostolos Doxiadis

male, 56 years old
ModernGreekwriter, Columbia University, Mathematics and culture, English, filmmaking, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes…Greek writer, greek, writer
Apostolos Doxiadis (b. 1953 in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia) and raised in Greece is a Greek writer. In his earliest years he was drawn to...
Photios Kontoglou

Photios Kontoglou

male, deceased (1965)
Greek Orthodox Christian, ModernGreekwriter, painter, icon, greek, iconographer…writer
Photis Kontoglou (Greek: Φώτης Κόντογλου, occasionally signed also as Kontoglous-b. Aivali or Ayvalik c.1895-d. Athens 1965) was a Greek writer,...
Yannis Makriyannis

Yannis Makriyannis

male, deceased (1864)
General Yannis Makriyannis, etc, Demotic Greek, General, Nobel Laureate, Greek War of Independence…ModernGreekwriter, greek, Greek struggle for independence, Greek constitution, Greek state
General Yannis Makriyannis (Ιωάννης Μακρυγιάννης, also anglicized as Ioannis, Ioannes and Makriyiannis, Makrygiannis, Makrygiannēs, Macri...