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| + | '''Pavlos Nirvanas''' (alt. ''Paulos'') was a [[Greeks|Greek]] poet, screenplay writer and critic. | ||
| − | [[ | + | Nirvanas was born '''Petros Apostolidis''' in Mari(an)oupolis, Russia in [[1866]]. His father was from [[Skopelos]] and his mother from [[Chios]]. However, even though he was not born in [[Skopelos]], he considered himself a Skopelitian. |
| − | + | [[Alexandros Papadiamantis|Papadiamantis]] called him his "fellow-countryman" as [[Skopelos]] and [[Skiathos]] stand side by side in the blue of the [[Aegean Sea]]. Once Papadiamantis, reading one of his poems, caressed his head and said: "poems, too, are lessons". | |
| − | + | Whilst still very young Nirvanas lived in [[Piraeus]]. There he attended school and learned his first letters. In [[1890]] he finished medical school at the [[University of Athens]]. He entered the service of the [[Hellenic Navy]] as assistant surgeon and retired from army service after many years of duty with the rank of general chief doctor. | |
| − | + | Nirvanas wrote poetry, prose, translations of foreign writers, and even plots for theatre plays. Many times his writing centred on illness and pain. He kept writing until he died of bronchial pneumonia on [[November 29]], [[1937]]. | |
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| + | [[Category:Poets|Nirvanas, Pavlos]] | ||
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| + | [[Category: 1937 deaths]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Members of the Academy of Athens|Nirvanas, Pavlos]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:49, November 22, 2011
Pavlos Nirvanas (alt. Paulos) was a Greek poet, screenplay writer and critic.
Nirvanas was born Petros Apostolidis in Mari(an)oupolis, Russia in 1866. His father was from Skopelos and his mother from Chios. However, even though he was not born in Skopelos, he considered himself a Skopelitian.
Papadiamantis called him his "fellow-countryman" as Skopelos and Skiathos stand side by side in the blue of the Aegean Sea. Once Papadiamantis, reading one of his poems, caressed his head and said: "poems, too, are lessons".
Whilst still very young Nirvanas lived in Piraeus. There he attended school and learned his first letters. In 1890 he finished medical school at the University of Athens. He entered the service of the Hellenic Navy as assistant surgeon and retired from army service after many years of duty with the rank of general chief doctor.
Nirvanas wrote poetry, prose, translations of foreign writers, and even plots for theatre plays. Many times his writing centred on illness and pain. He kept writing until he died of bronchial pneumonia on November 29, 1937.