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Kostas Karyotakis

1896 - 1928

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Kostas Karyotakis (Greek: Κώστας Καρυωτάκης; 11 November [OS October 30], 1896 – 20 July 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece. His poetry conveys a great deal of nature, imagery and traces of expressionism and surrealism. He also belongs to the Greek Lost Generation movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kostas Karyotakis has received more than 108,525 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kostas Karyotakis is the 4,635th most popular writer (down from 4,457th in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from Greece (down from 679th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Greek Writer.

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Notable Works

Das Lob des Meeres
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 4,635 out of 7,302. Before him are Adam Asnyk, Alexander McCall Smith, Ludwig Bechstein, Nancy Huston, W. S. Gilbert, and Molla Vali Vidadi. After him are Shuntarō Tanikawa, Lin Shu, Zane Grey, Vitaly Bianki, Cerverí de Girona, and Erik Hornung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 188. Before him are Kathleen McKane Godfree, Jaromír Weinberger, Frederick Browning, Marguerite Laugier, Frank Loomis, and Mordecai Ardon. After him are Miles Dempsey, Roger Sessions, Nikolai Tikhonov, Louis Bromfield, Gerhard Fieseler, and Barbara La Marr. Among people deceased in 1928, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 85. Before him are Ernesto Schiaparelli, Maria Wiik, Ladislav Klíma, Adela Zamudio, Karin Bergöö Larsson, and Jinzō Matsumura. After him are Ivan Merz, Stefanos Skouloudis, Eilif Peterssen, Leon Benois, Kurt Behrens, and Martin Kukučín.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 716 out of 1,024. Before him are Georgios Papasideris (1875), Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Ioannis Andreou (1900), Nicander of Sparta (null), Theophano of Athens (701), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900). After him are Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (1863), Mimis Domazos (1942), Yannis Tsarouchis (1910), Georgios Theotokis (1844), Glykeria (1953), and Sotiria Bellou (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Kostas Karyotakis ranks 80. Before him are Crates (-350), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Matilde Serao (1856), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Sotades (-400), and Pherecrates (-450). After him are Lucius Shepard (1943), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), Alki Zei (1925), Ioannis Chrysafis (1873), Andreas Kalvos (1792), and Kiki Dimoula (1931).

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