Alexandros Papadiamantis | Alexandros Moraitidis
(1851-1911) | (1850-1929)
Both of them are of the most distinguished Greek writers
though Papadiamantis is more known to the public. Many articles
and studies were written about their lives and works.
Moraitidis worked on many literal structures. He wrote poems
and dramas then short stories and historical novels. He also
wrote ecclesiastical hymns and translated ancient Greek writers.
Moraitidis led an ascetic life and about one month before his
death became a monk and changed his first name to "Andronikos".
Papadiamantis is undoubtedly the greatest classical author of
modern Greek prose. He wrote about 170 short stories and some
novels. He also translated works of Dostoyevsky, Turgene and of
De Maupassant to Greek. Because of his ascetic life he was also
known as the "untonsured monk".
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Alexandros Papadiamantis
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Papadiamantis used a distinctive idiomatic language that was a
perfectly balanced mix of Byzantine Greek, New Testament Greek
and vernacular expressions from Skiathos. In his writings,
Papadiamantis paints life in Skiathos through nostalgic and
poetic images.