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[[Image:Georgios-drosinis-1.jpg|thumb|200px|Georgios Drosinis]]
'''Georgios Drosinis''' was a Greek writer and poet.
He was born in [[Plaka]], [[Athens]] on [[December 9]], [[1859]], however, his family hailed from [[Mesolonghi]]. His grandfather was killed during the siege of that famous city in the Greek [[War of Independence]] ([[1821]] - [[1829]]).
He was one of several poets ([[Kostis Palamas]], [[Ioannis Polemis]]) who transformed Greek poetry, during the [[1880s]], from the overly-romantic, Katharevousa-written verses to a more down-to-Earth, every-day-life blend, in the language of the common people.
Drosinis as a prose-writer often employed the more archaic Katharevousa version of the Greek language and was generally comfortable with both, choosing a middle ground in the Greek language dispute and avoiding the extremes of [[Yiannis Psycharis]].
He died in the Athens suburb of [[Kiphisia]] in [[January 3|3 January]] [[1951]].
[[Category:Poets|Drosinis, Georgios]]
