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Kostas Karyotakis

1896 - 1928

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Kostas Karyotakis (; Greek: Κώστας Καρυωτάκης [karʝioˈtakis]; 11 November (OS October 30), 1896 – 20 July 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece. His poetry conveys a great deal of nature, imagery and traces of expressionism and surrealism. He also belongs to the Greek Lost Generation movement. The majority of Karyotakis' contemporaries viewed him in a dim light throughout his lifetime without a pragmatic accountability for their contemptuous views; for after his suicide, the majority began to revert to the view that he was indeed a great poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kostas Karyotakis is the 4,620th most popular writer (up from 4,635th in 2019), the 720th most popular biography from Greece (down from 716th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 4,620 out of 7,302. Before him are Taranatha, Winston Graham, Krishan Chander, August Spies, Vesna Parun, and Vittoria Aganoor. After him are Robert Bolt, Mary McCarthy, Johann David Wyss, Abdullah Goran, Vittorio Messori, and Sotion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 206. Before him are Firaq Gorakhpuri, Ruben Lagus, Barbara La Marr, Edvin Wide, Eric Backman, and Sirarpie Der Nersessian. After him are Ethel Waters, Mordecai Ardon, Agustín Sancho, Brock Chisholm, Giuseppe Enrici, and Enrique Hertzog. Among people deceased in 1928, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 90. Before him are Maria Wiik, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Ivan Merz, Ladislav Klíma, George Dole, and Adela Zamudio. After him are Andrew Fisher, Pierre Puiseux, Klabund, José Eustasio Rivera, Martin Kukučín, and Paul van Ostaijen.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 720 out of 1,024. Before him are Tlepolemus (null), Sotades (-400), Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (1875), Paul I of Constantinople (null), Ioannis Chrysafis (1873), and Dimitri Kitsikis (1935). After him are Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Alexandros Diomidis (1875), Solomon Alkabetz (1505), Georgios Theotokis (1844), Thrasyvoulos Zaimis (1822), and Polemon of Athens (200).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 81. Before him are Antiphanes (-388), Matilde Serao (1856), Onomacritus (-530), Corinna (-501), Sotades (-400), and Ioannis Chrysafis (1873). After him are Solomon Alkabetz (1505), Andreas Kalvos (1792), Pherecrates (-450), Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), Kiki Dimoula (1931), and Kalliroi Parren (1861).

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