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Born | Patras, Greece | 13 January 1859
Died | 27 February 1943 Athens, Greece | (aged 84)
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Greek |
Alma mater | University of Athens (no degree) |
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Kostis Palamas (Greek: Κωστής Παλαμάς; 13 January [O.S. 8 January] 1859 – 27 February 1943[1]) 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 and Ioannis Polemis.