Angelos Sikelianos

Angelos Sikelianos, born in Lefkada on 28 March 1884, abandoned law for poetry and in 1907 married the American Eva Palmer, with whom he staged at their own expense, in 1927 and 1930, the Delphic Festivals, performances of ancient tragedy given at Delphi. Separated from her in 1934, he married Anna Karamani in 1940. Under the Occupation, he joined the EAM and was a voice for the Greeks: it was he who wrote the March 1943 letter by which Archbishop Damaskinos protested against the deportation of the Jews of Greece. He died in Athens on 19 June 1951, having mistakenly drunk a disinfectant instead of his medicine.

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