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Lorentzos Mavilis

Lorentzos Mavilis was born on Ithaca on September 6, 1860, although his parents were from Corfu. One of his teachers and mentor, Ioannis Romanos, initiated him at a young age into the society of intellectual and artistic people, such as Iakovos Polilas and Dionysios Solomos.

Mavilis also came under the intellectual influence of the German philosophers Immanuel Kant and Arthur Schopenhauer while he lived in Germany. He could speak several European languages and Sanskrit. He translated the works of Schiller, Byron, Shelley and Tennyson, as well as Sanskrit poetry into Modern Greek.

Lorentzos's own poetry was the meeting ground of various strands: his socialistic ideals, 19th century literature, artistic movements and the poetic tradition of the traditional Ionian culture. He exclusively used the sonnet form for his poetic expression. The major body of his works consists of 50 sonnets, which are regarded as some of the finest examples of Modern Greek poetry.

Apart from a poet, Mavilis was also a statesman and patriot. He participated in the Cretan struggle for Independence and fought for the liberation of Ioannina during the first Balkan War in 1912. Mavilis was killed on November 29, 1912 on Mt. Driskos during a fight.






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