Kostas Varnalis
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He was a Greek writer, poet and journalist. He was born in Burgas, Eastern Rumelia (now in Bulgaria), in 1884.
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He completed his elementary studies in the Zariphios Greek high school in Plovdiv and then moved to Athens to study literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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After his graduation in 1908 he worked for some time as a teacher in Burgas, before returning to Greece and teaching in Amaliada and Athens.
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During the next years, he worked as a teacher and part-time journalist, also engaging in translation work. In 1913, he took part in the Second Balkan War.
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In 1919 he went to Paris with a scholarship and attended courses in philosophy, philology and sociology. It was during his Parisian studies that he became a Marxist and reviewed his ideas on poetry in theory and in practice.
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His political alignment resulted in his being barred dismissed from his teaching position at the Paedagocical Academny in 1926, and to be barred from any state employment. Varnalis thus took to journalism, a profession he practised until the end of his life. In 1929, he married the poetess Dora Moatsou.
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In 1935, he participated in the Soviet Writers' Conference in Moscow as Greece's representative. Under the 4th of August Regime, he was sent to internal exile in Mytilene and Agios Efstratios.
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During the German Occcupation of Greece, he took part in the resistance movement as a member of the National Liberation Front (EAM). In 1959, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. Varnalis died in Athens on 16 December 1974.
Some Poems ●
Kirithres (Κηρήθρες, "Honeycombs")
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Varnalis' first collection, Athens 1905.
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O Proskynitis (Ο Προσκυνητής, "The Pilgrim"), 1919.
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To fos pou kaiei (Το φως που καίει, "The Burning Light")
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Alexandria 1922, under the pen-name Dimos Tanalias.
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Sklavoi poliorkimenoi (Σκλάβοι πολιορκημένοι, "Besieged Slaves"), 1927.
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Poiitika (Ποιητικά, "Poetic Works"), collection, 1956.
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Eleftheros Kosmos (Ελεύθερος Κόσμος, "Free World"), collection, 1965.
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Orgi laou (Οργή λαού, "Wrath of People"), collection, published posthumously in 1975."
Sources ●
www.wikipedia.org
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www.users.uoa.gr
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Students: Periklis – Miltiadis
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Class: ST1
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School year: 2018-19