Giannis Skarimpas
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Giannis Skarimpas, Giannis Skarimbas or Yiannis Skarimbas (September 28, 1893 in Agia Efthymia
near Amfissa
- January 21, 1984 in Chalkida) was a Greek
writer, dramatist, and poet
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on September 28, 1893. He visited Aigio
and settled in Patras
. Later, Skarimbas lived and worked in Eretria
(then called Nea Psara). He later lived in Chalkida in 1915. He began writing plays in 1929. He died at the age of 91 on January 21, 1984.
song contest with his own song Gia ton Skarimpa (For Skarimpas, Greek: Για τον Σκαρίμπα). Giannis Skarimpas is mentioned in Chalkida, a song sung by Manolis Lidakis.
There is also a Greek ska-punk-reggae band that goes by the name Skaribas.
Agia Efthymia
Agia Efthymia is a village in the regional unit of Phocis, Greece, located on the foothill of Mount Giona, in the district of Parnassida in Central Greece...
near Amfissa
Amfissa
Amfissa is a town and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is also the capital of the regional unit of Phocis...
- January 21, 1984 in Chalkida) was a Greek
Greeks
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writer, dramatist, and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Biography
He was born in Agia Efthymia in the Parnassida area, near Amfissa in PhocisPhocis
Phocis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth...
on September 28, 1893. He visited Aigio
Aigio
Aigio is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Its population is around 30,000. Aigio is surrounded by trees in the north and cliffs in the...
and settled in Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
. Later, Skarimbas lived and worked in Eretria
Eretria
Erétria was a polis in Ancient Greece, located on the western coast of the island of Euboea, south of Chalcis, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow Euboean Gulf. Eretria was an important Greek polis in the 6th/5th century BC. However, it lost its importance already in antiquity...
(then called Nea Psara). He later lived in Chalkida in 1915. He began writing plays in 1929. He died at the age of 91 on January 21, 1984.
Literature
Skarimpas began his literary career with Ellinika Grammata (Greek Letters) in 1929, which received first awards for O Kapetan Sourmelis o Stouraitis (Ο καπετάν Σουρμελής ο Στουραΐτης). Skarimpas also wrote poems about Athena, other than the poems in the newspapers Evripos and Evvoia with his pseudonym Kallis Esperinos (Κάλλις Εσπερινός)- Kaimoi sto Griponisi (Καημοί στο Γριπονήσι,), 1930
- Mariampas (Μαριάμπας), Greek novel 1935
- To Solo tou Figaro (Το σόλο του Φίγκαρω, Το σόλο του Figaro = Figaro's Solo), novel, 1938
- Eaftoulides (Εαυτούληδες), poem, 1950
- O Ichos tou Kodonos (Ο ήχος του κώδωνος), stage play, 1950
- I Peripolos 7o (Η περίπολος Ζ), chronicle from the First World WarWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, 1972 - To Waterloo (Vaterlo) Dyo Geloion (Το Βατερλώ δύο γελοίων), novel 1959
- I Mathitevomeni Ton Takounion (Η μαθητευομένη των τακουνιών), three novellas, 1961
- Fygi Pros ta Empros (Φυγή προς τα εμπρός), novel 1976
- Voidangeloi (Βοϊδάγγελοι), poem 1968
- Apantes Stichoi (Άπαντες στίχοι), poem 1970
- O Chevalier Servant tis Kyrias (Ο Σεβαλιέ σερβάν της Κυρίας), stage play, 1971
- To '21 kai i Alitheia, I Trapoula, Oi Galatades (Το '21 και η αλήθεια, Η Τράπουλα, Οι Γαλατάδες), story 1971 - 1977
- Tyflovdomada sti Chalkida (Τυφλοβδομάδα στη Χαλκίδα), work 1973
- Treis Adeies Karekles (Τρεις άδειες καρέκλες = Three Empty Chairs), work 1976
- Ta Poulia me to Lasticho (Τα πουλιά με το λάστιχο = The Birds With the Hose), chronography, 1978
- Ta Kangouro (Τα Καγκουρώ = The Kangaroo), stage play, 1979
- Spazokefales ston Ourano (Σπαζοκεφαλιές στον ουρανό), 1979
- Anti-Karagkiozis o Megas (Αντι-Καραγκιόζης ο Μέγας), stage play, 1977
- I Kyria tou Trainou (Η κυρία του τραίνου = Master of the Train), stage play 1980
- O Pater Synesios (Ο Πάτερ Συνέσιος), stage play, 1980
In popular culture
Giorgos Makris entered the 1981 CorfuCorfu
Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...
song contest with his own song Gia ton Skarimpa (For Skarimpas, Greek: Για τον Σκαρίμπα). Giannis Skarimpas is mentioned in Chalkida, a song sung by Manolis Lidakis.
There is also a Greek ska-punk-reggae band that goes by the name Skaribas.
External links
(in Greek)- http://www.mikrosapoplous.gr/skaribas.htm
- http://users.otenet.gr/~aper/skaribas.htm
- http://genesis.ee.auth.gr/dimakis/NeaAriadni/17-18/4.html
- http://www.snhell.gr/anthologio.asp?id=67
- http://www.myspace.com/skaribas
- http://vimeo.com/14070479 TO SOLO TOU GIANNI SKARIMPA a documentary shooted in Chalkida about Giannis Skarimpas