Kostis Palamas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kostis Palamas

Greek poet

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1859

Place of Birth: Patras, West Greece Region, Greece

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1943

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Kostis Palamas (Greek: ??st?? ?a?aµ??; 13 January [O.S.
8 January] 1859 – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn.
He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School (or Palamian School, or Second Athenian School) along with Georgios Drosinis, Nikos Kampas, and Ioannis Polemis.