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Kostis Palamas

1859 - 1943

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Kostis Palamas (; Greek: Κωστής Παλαμάς [palaˈmas]; 13 January [O.S. 8 January] 1859 – 27 February 1943) 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 (or Palamian School, or Second Athenian School) along with Georgios Drosinis and Ioannis Polemis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kostis Palamas is the 3,124th most popular writer (down from 2,864th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 516th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Greek Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kostis Palamas ranks 3,124 out of 7,302. Before him are Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Jonathan Franzen, Marco Foscarini, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, and Leon Uris. After him are Joseph Delaney, Morgan Robertson, László Polgár, Andrea Dworkin, José Lezama Lima, and Princess Alexandra of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kostis Palamas ranks 77. Before him are Otto Hölder, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Anna Palm de Rosa, Aurel Stodola, Paja Jovanović, and Jacques Loeb. After him are Louis Majorelle, Kosta Khetagurov, Virginie Demont-Breton, Georgios Orphanidis, Karl Muck, and Samuel Alexander. Among people deceased in 1943, Kostis Palamas ranks 114. Before him are Zabel Yesayan, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Maria Restituta Kafka, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Henner Henkel, and Hàm Nghi. After him are Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Lajos Werkner, Yury Tynyanov, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, and Azim Azimzade.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kostis Palamas ranks 562 out of 1,024. Before him are Jason of Pherae (-500), Eurycratides (-600), Chabrias (-500), Douris (-600), Echestratus (null), and Argaeus II of Macedon (-500). After him are Archidamus I (-600), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Sofoklis Venizelos (1894), Pantelis Karasevdas (1876), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), and Dimitrios Golemis (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Kostis Palamas ranks 61. Before him are Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Praxilla (-500), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Acusilaus (-600), Philitas of Cos (-400), and Crates (-350). After him are Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Phylarchus (-255), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Rhianus (-275), and Myrtis of Anthedon (-500).

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