Dimitris Psathas ( el, Δημήτρης Ψαθάς; 1907 – 13 November 1979) was a modern
Greek satirist and playwright. He was born in
Trabzon
Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...
of
Pontos, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1907.
He went to Athens in 1923 and finished his studies whereby he devoted himself to both
journalism
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...
and the theatre. In 1937, his first book was published ''Justice is in a good mood'', followed the next year by ''Justice is in a bad mood''. He became known with his book ''Madam Sousou''. He wrote many successful theatrical plays. Christos Alexiou describes his theatrical work as "polite comedies" which supplied "relief during the occupation and civil wars". He also wrote a 500-page historical chronicle about the resistance of his compatriots entitled ''Land of Pontos''. As a journalist, he has been described as one of the country's principal columnists during the mid-1970s.
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He died in
Athens
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in 1979.
References
Further reading
*Psathas, Dimitris (1907–1989), ''Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature'', pp. 351–52 (2004)
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1907 births
1979 deaths
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece
Greek satirists
20th-century Greek historians
Greek writers
Greek journalists
Theatre in Greece
Greek dramatists and playwrights
Greek screenwriters
People from Trabzon
20th-century Greek dramatists and playwrights
20th-century screenwriters
20th-century journalists
Pontic Greeks
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