Gregorios Xenopoulos

Gregorios Xenopoulos was a novelist, journalist and writer of plays from Zakynthos. He was lead editor in the nowlegendary magazine The Education of Children during the period from 1896 to 1948, during which time he was also the magazines main author. His was the trademark signature , , which he used in letters ostensibly addressed to the magazine. He was also the founder and editor of the Nea Estia magazine, which is still published. He became a member of the Academy of Athens in 1931, and founded the Society of Greek Writers together with Kostis Palamas, Angelos Sikelianos and Nikos Kazantzakis.

He was born onDecember 1867 in Constantinople. His father, Dionysios, hailed from Zakynthos and his mother, Evlalia came from Constantinople. The family moved to Zakynthos soon after, where Gregorios spent his youth until 1883, when he enrolled in the University of Athens to study Physics and Mathematics. He never completed his studies already in the first year, he had begun writing literature, which was his sole source of income at the time.

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