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Dionysios Solomos

1798 - 1857

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Dionysios Solomos (; Greek: Διονύσιος Σολωμός [ði.oniˈsios soloˈmos]; 8 April 1798 – 9 February 1857) 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 (Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían), which was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros and became the Greek and Cypriot national anthem in 1865 and 1966 respectively. He was the central figure of the Heptanese School of poetry. He is considered the national poet of Greece, not only because he wrote the national anthem, but also because he contributed to the preservation of earlier poetic tradition and highlighted its usefulness to modern literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dionysios Solomos is the 2,111th most popular writer (up from 2,370th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 457th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Dionysios Solomos ranks 2,111 out of 7,302. Before him are Edmond Hamilton, Tin Ujević, Tomé Pires, Jordan of Saxony, Kingsley Amis, and Maximus the Greek. After him are Guan Hanqing, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Kate Millett, Niccolò de' Niccoli, Arthur Young, and Kim Bu-sik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Dionysios Solomos ranks 21. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Franz Ernst Neumann, Alexander McDonnell, Thomas Hodgkin, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke. After him are Jules Armand Dufaure, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Andries Pretorius, Massimo d'Azeglio, Thomas Henderson, and Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud. Among people deceased in 1857, Dionysios Solomos ranks 26. Before him are Josef Ressel, Mangal Pandey, Marquis de Custine, Achille Devéria, George Cayley, and Daniele Manin. After him are Augustinos Kapodistrias, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Manuel Oribe, Vasily Tropinin, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Théodolinde de Beauharnais.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Dionysios Solomos ranks 423 out of 1,024. Before him are Eleni Karaindrou (1941), Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Dinarchus (-361), Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994), and Isaac Carasso (1874). After him are Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Anyte of Tegea (-290), Eupalinos (-600), Manolis Glezos (1922), and Callimachus (-500).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Dionysios Solomos ranks 45. Before him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Lycophron (-320), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), Theophylact of Ohrid (1055), Erinna (-400), and Ion of Chios (-490). After him are Anyte of Tegea (-290), Dexippus (210), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), Albert Cohen (1895), Telesilla (-500), and Posidippus (-310).

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