Kostis Palamas

Poet, Author

1859 – 1943

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Who was Kostis Palamas?

Kostis Palamas was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School along with Georgios Drosinis, Nikos Kampas, Ioanis Polemis.

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Born
Jan 13, 1859
Patras
Also known as
  • Παλαμάς, Κωστής
  • Kōstēs Palamas
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  • (1887 - 1943/01/18)
Children
Ethnicity
  • Greeks
Nationality
  • Greece
Profession
Education
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Lived in
  • Peloponnese
  • West Greece
Died
Feb 27, 1943
Athens
Resting place
Proto Nekrotafio

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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