Miltos Sachtouris

Míltos Sachtoúris, born in Athens on 29 July 1919, great-grandson of the Hydriot admiral of the War of Independence, gave up law in 1944 for poetry, encouraged by Elýtis and Engonópoulos. He lived almost all his life in Athens, in seclusion, never taking paid employment, in small rented lodgings. Italy gave him a first European prize in 1956, the Greek state its second poetry prize in 1962 and its first in 1987, then the national grand prize for literature in 2003. He died in Athens on 29 March 2005.

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• PoetryWith Face to the WallΜε το πρόσωπο στον τοίχοMiltos Sachtouris · 1952Literature