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Kostas Faltaits
1891–1944
Best known as a Greek journalist, writer, and pioneering folklorist, he brought together eyewitness reporting, literary work, and a deep love of local tradition. His life moved between Smyrna, Skyros, and Athens, and his work captured both the everyday texture of Greek culture and the upheavals of his era.
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Αργία : διήγημα
by Kostas Faltaits
About the author
Born in Smyrna in 1891 and raised on the island of Skyros, Kostas Faltaits became a Greek journalist, man of letters, and early folklorist. He studied law and philology in Athens, but turned to journalism quite young and went on to work for major Athenian newspapers.
Alongside his reporting, he wrote prose and carried out important research into folk culture. He is especially remembered for his interest in the traditions of Skyros and for documenting aspects of Greek social life that might otherwise have been lost.
Faltaits also worked as a war correspondent during the years of the Asia Minor campaign, and some of his most enduring writing draws on direct observation of that period. He died on Skyros in 1944, leaving behind a body of work that joins literature, history, and cultural memory.