Dimitrios Mpogris

Who was Dimitrios Mpogris?

Dimitrios Mpogris or Bogris was a famous Greek playwright of Hellenic theater. He was born in Salamis Island in 1890. He studied in Athens and Paris natural sciences. For one year was professor in secondary education, but rapidly he devoted with the journalism .

His first play, was the giatros Mavridis and ascended to the Greek theatrical scene in 1921, in the royal Hellenic theatre. Four years later wrote the Arravoniasmata, which was played in 1936 . With this play was proved one of the greatest playwrights of Greece .

Other plays were : Drakaina in 1928, to Bourini in 1933, i Kainourgia zoi in 1936, oi Fouskothalassies in 1937, to Koritsi tou limaniou in 1947, which became movie and screened by Greek Cinema in 1952 . He died in Athens in 1964 . The former mayor of Salamis Athanasios Makris, named a chamber of Salamis City Hall with the name of Dimitrios Mpogris .