Giannis Skarimpas

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'Giannis Skarimpas, Giannis Skarimbas or Yiannis Skarimbas (Γιάννης Σκαρίμπας) (September 28, 1893 in Agia Efthymia near Amfissa - January 21, 1984) was a Greek writer, dramatist, and poet.

[edit] Biography

He was born in Agia Efthymia in the Parnassida area, near Amfissa in Phocis on September 28, 1893. He visited Aigio and settled in Patras. Later, Skarimbas lived and worked in Eretria (then called Nea Psara). He later lived in Chalkida in 1915. He began writing plays in 1929. He died at the age of 91 on January 21, 1984.

[edit] Literature

Skarimpas began his literary career with Ellinika Grammata (Greek Letters) in 1929, which received first awards for O Kapetan Sourmelis o Stouraitis (Ο καπετάν Σουρμελής ο Στουραΐτης). Skarimpas also wrote poems about Athena, other than the poems in the newspapers Evripos and Evvoia with his pseudonym Kallis Esperinos (Κάλλις Εσπερινός)

Kaimoi sto Griponisi (Καημοί στο Γριπονήσι,), 1930
Mariampas (Μαριάμπας), Greek 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 7o (Η περίπολος Ζ), chronicle from the First World War, 1972
To Waterloo (Vaterlo) 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 Chevalier Servant 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), story 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 = The Birds With the Hose), chronography, 1978
Ta Kangouro (Τα Καγκουρώ = The Kangaroo), stage play, 1979
Spazokefales 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' = Master of the Train), stage play 1980
O Pater Synesios (Ο Πάτερ Συνέσιος), stage play, 1980