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'''Andreas Karantonis''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] poet, writer, translator and critic of the 20th century.

Karantonis was born on the island of [[Andros]] in [[1910]]. He moved with his family to [[Athens]] in [[1923]]. He studied Law at the [[University of Athens]] but abandoned his studies without graduating. Instead, he dedicated his life to writing.

Between [[1927]] and [[1929]], Karantonis published poetry. In the years that followed he authored three books which were critical studies on well-known poets: "Introduction to [[Kostis Palamas|Palamas]]' works" (1929), "The poet [[Georgios Seferis|G. Seferis]]" (1931) and "Around [[Kostis Palamas|Palamas]]" (1932). He was a member of the "[[Generation of 1930]]".

In [[1935]], Karantonis became the editor of the literary magazine "New Letters". At this time he translated of the works of many foreign authors which were collectively published later on in [[1982]]. After [[World War II]], he wrote articles for various Greek dailies and served as literary critic on radio programs until [[1974]].

He died in [[Athens]] on [[June 28]], [[1982]].

[[Category:Writers|Karantonis, Andreas]]
[[Category:1910 births|Karantonis, Andreas]]
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