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Giannes Kampyses
1872–1901
A restless Greek writer of the 1890s, he moved between poetry, prose, drama, and translation before dying very young. Even in a short life, he became an important early voice in modern Greek theater.
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Μυστικό του Γάμου - Φάρσα της Ζωής
by Giannes Kampyses
About the author
Born in Koroni, Messenia, in 1872, Giannes Kampyses was a Greek poet, prose writer, playwright, translator, and critic. Library and authority records consistently place his life between 1872 and 1901, and major catalogs identify him as a multi-genre literary figure rather than only a dramatist.
His reputation today rests especially on his contribution to modern Greek drama. Scholarly and archival sources describe him as an important presence in the theater of his time, with plays written during the 1890s and around 1901, while catalogs such as Project Gutenberg also show that his work continued to circulate well after his death.
Kampyses died in Athens in 1901, still in his twenties. That early death gives his career a striking shape: brief, intense, and full of promise, with work spanning several forms and helping secure his place in the story of modern Greek literature.