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Ioannes Polemes
1862–1924
A leading Greek poet of his generation, he wrote with clarity and feeling at a time when modern Greek literature was finding a new voice. His work helped make him a familiar name in Athens literary life around the turn of the 20th century.
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Ειρηνικά
by Ioannes Polemes
Ο Βασιλιάς Ανήλιαγος
by Ioannes Polemes
About the author
Born in Athens in 1862, Ioannis Polemis came from a historic Byzantine family and began publishing while still a young man. His poems and articles soon appeared in Greek newspapers and magazines, and he became associated with the lively literary world of late 19th-century Athens.
Polemis is generally linked with the New Athenian School, the movement that helped shape modern Greek poetry. Sources describe him as having been influenced by Kostis Palamas, one of the central figures of that literary generation.
He remained an active presence in Greek letters into the early 20th century, and in 1918 he was recognized for his contribution to literature. Polemis died on May 28, 1924, leaving behind a body of work that keeps his name alive in the history of modern Greek poetry.