Tasos Vidouris ( el, Τάσος Βιδούρης; 1888–1967) was a

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poet and author. He was born in the village of

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. After finishing ground studies in his village Vidouris entered the

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. With his graduation he became a

language teacher in his home place as well as in several other Greek schools in the region. He studied in France and became familiar with French literature. In ca. 1930 he moved to

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, Greece, and in 1938 he published his first collection of several short stories under the title ''Diigimata'' ( el, Διηγήματα). Vidouris also became Professor in the local

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, for a while, shortly before his death in 1967. Tasos Vidouris published his main collection of poetry under the title ''Ilissia'' ( el, Ιλίσσια). His poetic style follows Naturalism, as it tried to describe local customs and psychological states. He also translated several known works from French to Greek. His novels were published in a collection under the title ''Diigimata'' el, Διηγήματα). Vidouris also translated French works.

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Short stories
of Tasos Vidouris. openarchives.gr. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidouris, Tasos 1888 births 1967 deaths Albanian people of Greek descent People from Finiq 20th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire Novelists from the Ottoman Empire University of Patras 20th-century Greek poets 20th-century novelists Greek male poets Male poets from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Greek male writers