Giannis Kambisis ( Greek Γιάννης Καμπύσης , 1872, Koroni , Messenia - 1901, Athens) is a modern Greek poet , prose writer and playwright.
| Giannis Cambisis | |
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| Greek Γιάννης Καμπύσης | |
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| Date of Birth | 1872 |
| Place of Birth | Coroni |
| Date of death | 1901 |
| A place of death | Athens |
| A country | |
| Occupation | poet, prose writer and playwright |
Content
- 1 Biographical information
- 2 Main works
- 3 Sources
- 4 References
Biographical information
Giannis Cambisis was born in Koroni , in the family of the artist Anastasius Cambysis and Calliope Trigette. In his hometown, he graduated from primary and secondary school, and then went to Kalamata , where he completed his secondary education ( 1884 - 1888 ). Here he also took part in amateur theater productions of Ioannis H. Apostolakis.
In 1888, he moved with his family to Athens and studied law at the University of Athens ( 1888 - 1894 ), but did not become a lawyer and was forced to work for three years as an employee of the Greek Ministry of Finance. In 1898, out of boredom and despondency, he resigned and fled to Germany, where he remained until the summer of next year. Time spent in Germany (from October 1898 to July 1899 ) played a decisive role in the future life and worldview of Cambysis. Seeing intellectually and ideologically a new world, different from the Greek, Yannis Cambysis was carried away by the idea of transferring German ideals to Greek society to help him overcome the social and ideological void. It was in Germany that he came into contact with the socialist movement and the philosophy of Nietzsche , became acquainted with such figures as Henrik Ibsen , Gerhart Hauptmann and August Strindberg . In Germany, Yannis Kambisis wrote his famous “German Letters”, published during the writer's life on the pages of the Athenian magazine Techni.
However, health problems forced him to return to Greece. Soon, his grandiose plans to contribute to the spiritual rebirth of Greece erased premature death. Giannis Cambysis died at the age of 29 from tuberculosis in Athens.
Major works
- Prose
- Παουλίνα-Παουλίνα.
- Το μάτι του δράκοντα.
- Ο Γιάννης Μάνταλος.
- Στερνή ματιά.
- Καινούργιες μυρωδιές.
- Τα ρόδα του Ηλιογάβαλου.
- Dramaturgy
- Μυστικό του γάμου - Η φάρσα της ζωής. Αθήνα, τυπ. Κορίννης, 1896.
- Η μις Άννα Κούξλεϋ - Οι κούρδοι. Αθήνα, τυπ. Εστία, 1897.
- Δο δαχτυλίδι της μάνας. Αθήνα, Κ.Μαίσνερ - Ν.Καργαδούρης, 1898.
- Στα σύγνεφα. Αθήνα, έκδοση του περ. Τέχνη, 1899.
- Ανατολή. Αθήνα, Κ.Μαίσνερ - Ν.Καργαδούρης, 1901.
- Poetic collections
- Ο ήσκιος της Σοφίας, 1898.
- Βο βιβλίο των συντριμμιών, 1900.
- Philosophical Essays
- Διηγήματα. Αθήνα, Νεφέλη, 1989.
- Άπαντα. Αναστύλωσε ο Γ.Βαλέτας. Αθήνα, εκδόσεις Πηγής, 1972.
- Οχτροί και φίλοι και άλλα διηγήματα. Αθήνα, Ίδρυμα Κώστα και Ελένης Ουράνη, 1997.
Sources
- Nikolau N.G. Brief Dictionary of Modern Greek Literature. - Moscow: Book House Librocom, 2010. - 296 p. - ISBN 978-5-397-01373-4