Georgios Hatzis ( el, Γεώργιος Χατζής; 1881–1930), also known under the pen name Pelleren, was a
Greek
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author and journalist.
Hatzis was born in
Ioannina, northwestern Greece, when the city was still part of the
Janina Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire
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. He graduated from the
Zosimaia School
The ''Zosimaia'' School ( el, Ζωσιμαία Σχολή, ''Zosimaía Scholí'') of Ioannina (in Epirus) has been one of the most significant Greek middle-level educational institutions (high schools) during the last period of Ottoman rule in th ...
of Ioannina and then went to the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
, where he studied Medicine. However, he could not finish his studies due to financial difficulties. Hatzis then went back to Ioannina and became a teacher in
Vourbiani,
Konitsa
Konitsa ( el, Κόνιτσα; see also names in other languages) is a town of Ioannina in Epirus, Greece. It is located north of the capital Ioannina and near the Albanian border. Northeast of Konitsa lies a group of villages known as the Zagor ...
.
In 1909 Hatzis was appointed editor of the newspaper ''
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'' (Ήπειρος), by the ''Hellenic Political Association of Ioannina''.
[Sakellariou, 1997]
p. 363
/ref> In the columns of ''Epirus'' he supported the rights of the Greek population of the region against the mismanagement and the defective administration of the Ottoman authorities of that time. Because of this activity he was sentenced to death by the Ottomans, but meanwhile, the Balkan Wars and the retreat of the Ottoman troops, saved his live.[ During 1914-1915 he participated in the events that occurred in ]Northern Epirus
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by the local Greeks against annexation to newly established Albania
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and supported the activities of the provisional government
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.[
After the Balkan Wars and the subsequent incorporation of his home land to Greece, Hatzis supported the initiative for an organized literary club in Ioannina with its own library, in order to promote literature and arts in the city. Finally in 1924 the ''Educational Club'' (Εκπαιδευτικός Όμιλος) of Ioannina was founded and Hatzis together with other prominent figures of Epirus, such as Christos Christovasilis, became members of the administrative committee. He continued to his work in newspaper ''Epirus'' until his death in 1930.
His statue is erected at the ''Άλσος Ποιητών'' (poet's grove) in Ioannina.] Hatzis had two sons, one of them, Dimitrios Hatzis
Dimitrios Hatzis ( el, Δημήτριος Χατζής, 13 November 1913 – 20 July 1981) was a Greek novelist and journalist.
Hatzis was born in Ioannina (Epirus) northwestern Greece, the son of the author and journalist, Georgios Hatzis. He ...
, became also an author.[
]
References
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External links
Ρίμες, Georgios Hatzis
http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr
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1881 births
1930 deaths
Writers from Ioannina
People from Janina vilayet
Greeks from the Ottoman Empire
Greek journalists
Greek male poets
Greek novelists
Zosimaia School alumni
20th-century Greek poets
20th-century novelists
20th-century Greek male writers
20th-century journalists
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece