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| − | '''Andreas Kalvos''' (Greek: Ανδρέας Κάλβος, [[1792]]-[[November 3]], [[1869]]) was one of the greatest [[Greece|Greek]] writers. | + | <!--Start--> |
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| | + | *[[1913]]: Greek forces vacated [[Thrace]] in accordance with the terms of the [[Treaty of Bucharest, 1913|Treaty of Bucharest]]. |
| | + | *[[1943]]: The last convoy of [[Thessaloniki]] Jews arrived in Auschwitz concentration camp. |
| | + | *[[2004]]: The [[shot put]] event of the Athens Olympic Games was held in ancient [[Olympia]]. |
| | + | *Births: [[Paraskevas Antzas]] ([[1976]]), footballer; [[Dimitris Salpingidis]] ([[1981]]), footballer |
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| − | ==Biography== | + | <span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px; border-top:1px solid #dedede;">Recent days: [[August 17]] - [[August 16]]</span> |
| − | Kalvos was born in [[Zakynthos]] in [[1792]] His parents were Andriani Roukani and Ioannis Kalvos who also had an older son, Nikolaos. Kalvos visited Livorno (then Leghorn) and Pisa for a few months where he worked with other writers. In Livorno, Kalvos wrote his first work: ''Ymno ston Napoleonta'' = ''Hymn to Napoleon''. In [[1812]], his father died. Ugo Foscolo became his teacher and indoctrinator in neoclassicism, in ancient models and in liberal politics. In [[1813]], Kalvos and Foscolo wrote four tragedies in Italian including ''[[Theramenes]]'', ''Danaides'' and ''Hippias''. Kalvos also completed four dramatic neoclassical works. Foscolo was banished to Zurich in Switzerland at the end of [[1813]]. Kalvos later wrote ''Odi eis Iounious'', in [[1816]], when he learned and the death of his mother.
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| − | Kalvos married Teresa Thomas in [[May]] of [[1819]] but she died one year later. He left England in 1820. Kalvos visited Florence, Paris and Geneva, where he worked as a professor of foreign languages and also studied the manuscripts of the [[Iliad]].
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| − | At the end of June [[1826]], he moved to [[Nafplio]]. A month later, he visited [[Corfu]] and attended the [[Ionian Academy]] until [[1827]]. In [[1841]], he became principal of the Corfiot Gymnasium (''Kerkyraikon Gymnasion'') and he later worked in several newspapers. He moved to Louth in England at the end of [[1852]], where he married Charlotte Wadans a year after his arrival. Kalvos died on [[November 3]], [[1869]].
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| − | == Writing ==
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| − | *''[[Lyra - Odai Andrea Kalvou]]'' ([[1824]])
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| − | *''[[Lyrika]]'' ([[1826]])
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| − | Other languages:
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| − | *''[[Hippias]]''
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| − | *''[[Danaides]]''
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| − | *''[[Theramenes]]''
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| − | *''[[Le Stagioni]] ''- [[Giovanni Meli]]
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| − | *''[[Italian Lessons in Four Parts]]'' ([[1820]])
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.deyteros.gr/writersgr/kalvos/kalvos.html Biography of Andreas Kalvos] (in Greek)
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| − | [[Category:Greek writers|Kalvos, Andreas]]
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| − | [[Category:Modern Greek dramatists and playwrights|Kalvos, Andreas]] | |
| − | [[Category:Zakynthos|Kalvos, Andreas]] | |
| − | {{lived|b=1792|d=1869|key=Kalvos, Andreas}}
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| − | [[el:Ανδρέας Κάλβος]]
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