Dionysios Solomos

Dionysios Solomos

male, deceased (1857)
Imnos eis tin Eleftherian, National anthem writer, from the Ionian Islands, modernGreekpoet, greek, stanza…poet
Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857) was a Greek poet from Zakynthos. He is best known for writing the poem "Hymn to Freedom" ("Imnos eis tin...
Constantine P. Cavafy

Constantine P. Cavafy

male, deceased (1933)
British, Civil Servant, gay, pagan, skeptic, paganism…greek, modernGreekpoet
Constantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Π. Καβάφης) (April 29, 1863 - Ap...
Nikos Gatsos

Nikos Gatsos

male, deceased (1992)
Lyricist, Translator, greek, modernGreekpoet, from Peloponnese
Nikos Gatsos was a Greek writer and poet.
Andreas Kalvos

Andreas Kalvos

male, deceased (1869)
Modern Greek writer, modernGreekpoet, greek, Zakynthos, Educator, Modern Greek dramatists and playwright
Andreas Kalvos was a contemporary of Dionysios Solomos and one of the greatest Greek writers of the 19th century.
Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

male, deceased (1957)
Modern Greek writer, modernGreekpoet, Travel writer, Playwright, poem, writer…poet, greek, zorba the greek, Zorba the Greek writer
Nikos Kazantzakis, author of poems, novels, essays, plays, and travel books, was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and...
Odysseas Elytis

Odysseas Elytis

male, deceased (1996)
Modernism, From crete, poet, nobel prize in literature, greek, modernGreekpoet
Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, considered as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Greece. Although his original family name...
Kostis Palamas

Kostis Palamas

male, deceased (1943)
poet, World War II, political, Nobel Prize, German, journalist…greek, modernGreekpoet
Kostis Palamas (27 February, 1943) was a Greek poet. Born in Patras, he received his primary and secondary education in Missolonghi. In the early...
Angelos Sikelianos

Angelos Sikelianos

male, deceased (1951)
poet, Playwright, greek, modernGreekpoet, Modern Greek dramatists and playwright, from the Ionian Islands
Angelos Sikelianos [sEkelEA´nOs] (1884–1951) was a modern Greek poet and playwright. One of Greece's most important 20th-century lyric poets, he emp...
Giorgos Seferis

Giorgos Seferis

male, deceased (1971)
ottoman empire, Nobel Prize, Seferiadis, Nobel laureate in Literature, From Izmir, modernGreekpoet…greek
Giorgos Seferis (March 13, 1900, or February 29 according to the Julian calendar then used in the Ottoman Empire - September 20, 1971) was one of...
Yiannis Ritsos

Yiannis Ritsos

male, deceased (1990)
poet, Philologist, communist, twentieth century, greek, tractor…modernGreekpoet
Yiannis Ritsos (May 1 1909 - November 11 1990) was a Greek poet. He is considered to be one of the four greatest Greek poets of the twentieth...