Alexandros Papadiamantis
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Alexandros Papadiamantis was an influential Greek novelist, short-story writer and poet.
Alexandros Papadiamantis
Monument in Skiathos
Dionysios Solomos
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Dionysios Solomos was a Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet. He is best known for writing the Hymn to Liberty, which was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros and be
Alexandros Papadiamantis
…existence referenced only to the name of her late, good-for-nothing husband. His work is seminal in Modern Greek literature: he is for Greek prose what Dionysios Solomos is for poetry. As Odysseas Elytis wrote: "commemorate Dionysios Solomos, commemorate Alexander Papadiamantis". It is a body of work, however, that is…
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Dionysios Solomos statue in Zakynthos (city)
Solomos when young
Cover of the "Hymn to Liberty" (Ύμνος εις την ελευθερίαν), published on 1825 (second Greek edition)