Giannis Skarimpas, Giannis Skarimbas or Yiannis Skarimbas ( el, Γιάννης Σκαρίμπας; September 28, 1893 – January 21, 1984), was a
Greek writer, dramatist, and poet.
Biography
He was born in
Agia Efthymia near
Amfissa
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(now part of
Delphi
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municipality). He went to school in
Aigio and
Patras
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, went through military service in the
5/42 Evzone Regiment
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and was then appointed head of the customs office at
Eretria (then called
Nea Psara
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). In 1915 he resettled to Chalkida, where he spent most of his life. He had his first works published in newspapers in Athens and Chalkida under the
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
Kallis Esperinos (Κάλλις Εσπερινός). His first publication under his own name came in 1929, when he published his novel ''O Kapetan Sourmelis o Stouraitis'' (''Ο καπετάν Σουρμελής ο Στουραΐτης Ω'') in the ''Ellinika Grammata'' (''Greek Letters'') magazine. He died on January 21, 1984, in
Chalkida
Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...
.
Works
*''Kaimoi sto Griponisi'' (''Καημοί στο Γριπονήσι''), collected stories, 1930
*''Mariampas'' (''Μαριάμπας''), novel, 1935
*''To Solo tou Figaro'' (''Το σόλο του Φίγκαρω'', ''Το σόλο του Figaro'' = ''Figaro's Solo''), novel, 1938
*''Eaftoulides'' (''Εαυτούληδες''), poem, 1950
*''O Ichos tou Kodonos'' (''Ο ήχος του κώδωνος''), stage play, 1950
*''I Peripolos Z'' (''Η περίπολος Ζ''), chronicle from the
First World War, 1972
*''To Waterloo Dyo Geloion'' (''Το Βατερλώ δύο γελοίων''), novel 1959
*''I Mathitevomeni Ton Takounion'' (''Η μαθητευομένη των τακουνιών''), three novellas, 1961
*''Fygi Pros ta Empros'' (''Φυγή προς τα εμπρός''), novel 1976
*''Voidangeloi'' (''Βοϊδάγγελοι''), poem 1968
*''Apantes Stichoi'' (''Άπαντες στίχοι''), poem 1970
*''O Sevalie Servan tis Kyrias'' (''Ο Σεβαλιέ σερβάν της Κυρίας''), stage play, 1971
*''To '21 kai i Alitheia, I Trapoula, Oi Galatades'' (''Το '21 και η αλήθεια, Η Τράπουλα, Οι Γαλατάδες''), history 1971 - 1977
*''Tyflovdomada sti Chalkida'' (''Τυφλοβδομάδα στη Χαλκίδα''), work 1973
*''Treis Adeies Karekles'' (''Τρεις άδειες καρέκλες'' = ''Three Empty Chairs''), work 1976
*''Ta Poulia me to Lasticho'' (''Τα πουλιά με το λάστιχο''), chronography, 1978
*''Ta Kangouro'' (''Τα Καγκουρώ''), stage play, 1979
*''Spazokefalies ston Ourano'' (''Σπαζοκεφαλιές στον ουρανό''), 1979
*''Anti-Karagkiozis o Megas'' (''Αντι-Καραγκιόζης ο Μέγας''), stage play, 1977
*''I Kyria tou Trainou'' (''Η κυρία του τραίνου''), stage play, 1980
*''O Pater Synesios'' (''Ο Πάτερ Συνέσιος''), stage play, 1980
External links
*http://www.mikrosapoplous.gr/skaribas.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20041213020841/http://genesis.ee.auth.gr/dimakis/NeaAriadni/17-18/4.html
''TO SOLO TOU GIANNI SKARIMPA'', a documentary shot in Chalkida about Giannis Skarimpas
1893 births
1984 deaths
People from Amfissa
20th-century Greek dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Greek poets
20th-century Greek novelists
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