Stavrianos Vistiaris

Who is Stavrianos Vistiaris?

Stavrianos Vistiaris, was a Greek poet born in the village of Malcani, in modern Sarande District, a region of Albania that Greeks refer to as Northern Epirus.

He became renowned because of his extensive epic poem: Braveries of the noble and valiant voevode Michael. The poem was written around 1602 in a medieval Greek dialect; at the time Vistiaris was working at the court of the ruler of Wallachia, Michael the Brave.

The work describes the personality and life of the Wallachian ruler.