Kostes G. Pasagiannes

Born in 1872 in Androuvitsa near Kardamyli in Messenia, Kostes G. Pasagiannes was a Greek prose writer, poet, journalist, folklorist, and senior civil servant. Sources describe him as an important early contributor to modern Greek prose and as a forerunner of travel literature. He studied law and later served in judicial posts in places including Xylokastro, Folegandros, Ithaca, and Corfu.

Pasagiannes published early, with Ta prota paramythia in 1894, and went on to write works including Moskies and Ta Tsilikrota. His writing is closely tied to Mani and to Greek regional life, which helps give it both literary warmth and documentary value. Project Gutenberg currently lists Μοσκιές - Διηγήματα among his available works, showing that his fiction still reaches readers today.

The available biographical sources agree on his birth year, 1872, and on his death in 1933, though I found conflicting references to the place of death. Because of that inconsistency, it is safest to say simply that he died in 1933. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the pages I checked.