Myths
People leaving or having Greece as a starting point, managed to accomplish great things on an international level. Personalities of Literature, Arts and Sciences. Greeks ‘Myths, immortals, ambassadors of Hellenism across the Universe.
An artist myth of the 20th Century (1916 – 2009)
Yiannis Moralis (1916 – 2009) was one of the most prominent Greek artists of the last century. His election as a professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts and his teaching work there, for 35 consecutive years, proved to be decisive for a number...
The poet of peace and love
Nikiforos Vrettakos, is one among the greatest poets and prose writers of Greece. Vrettakos has won a number of prizes and medals and has been nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Nikiforos Vrettakos was born on 1st January 1912 in the village...
The People’s Poet
Kostas Varnalis was a Greek poet, writer and journalist. He has written poems, narrative works, criticism and translations. His work has a well-formed form and plasticity in expression. It is characterized by a warm lyrical imagination and a satirical mood with an interest for the...
A pioneer of the New Athenian School in poetry and prose
[:el] Georgios Drossinis was a poet, a novelist, a journalist and was one among the pioneers of “New Athenian School” in poetry and in prose. His first collection of poems “Istoi Arachnis” in 1880, signalled the appearance of the New Athenian School, while his first...
Ambassador of Greek surrealism in poetry
Nikos Gatsos is the ambassador of Greek surrealism in poetry, a lyricist and translator of theatrical plays. He was born in 1911 in Asea inArcadia, where he finished primary school. He later studied at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens. In 1943,...
Iakovos Kambanellis – The Playwright Who Gave Greek Theatre Its Voice
Iakovos Kambanellis, born on this day, was one of the most influential and deeply human playwrights in modern Greek history. A creator who shifted theatre from mere storytelling to a space of truth, social reflection, and existential questioning, he became the dramatist who shaped an...
Yannis Ritsos – The poet of Romiossyni
Yannis Ritsos is one of Greece’s leading poets, the poet of Romiosini, as he has been described. His work consists of one hundred poetry collections and compositions, nine novels, four plays, and studies. Foreign editions of his work, which have been translated into forty different...
Τhe main expressionist of modern lyric poetry
Kostas Karyotakis, one of the greatest Greek poets and prose writers, is considered to be the main expressionist of modern lyric poetry, with his works having being translated into more than thirty languages. His poetry is part of Greek and international education, when hundreds of...
Mimis Fotopoulos – The Popular Philosopher of Greek Theatre
He was one of those actors who didn’t play roles – he lived them. Mimis Fotopoulos, with his distinctive smile and genuine humanity, left an indelible mark on the history of Greek theatre and cinema. A man who loved art, people, and life with all...
The woman who made history
Awarded artist, an active politician, in love with her country, a fascinating personality which created history both in our country and abroad. Melina Mercouri, who with her struggles and love for the nation and the culture of Greece, made the people worship her and managed...