Dimitrios Hatzis
Dimitrios Hatzis (Greek: Δημήτριος Χατζής, 13 November 1913 – 20 July 1981) was a Greek novelist and journalist.
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Hatzis was born in Ioannina (Epirus) northwestern Greece, the son of the author and journalist, Georgios Hatzis. He graduated from the Zosimaia school in his home land.[1] In 1930, after the death of his father, he succeeded him as director of the newspaper Epirus. In 1932-1934 he was influenced by Marxist ideologies and joined the Communist Party of Greece. In 1936 he was arrested by the regime of Ioannis Metaxas for communist activity.[2]
Hatzis got involved in the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), where he joined the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). As a result, following the Left's defeat, he went into exile and until the legalization of the Greek Communist Party in 1975, he lived in various socialist countries in Eastern Europe.[3]
In 1962 Hatzis took up a position at the Byzantine Studies Department at the University of Budapest. There he taught Greek and modern Greek literature. He also worked on the translation and anthology of a wealth of texts in the Hungarian language. Through this work, Hatzis established Greek Studies in Hungary and contributed to the spread of Greek culture.
Famous works of Hatzis include:
- Το τέλος της μικρής μας πόλης (The end of our small town), 1960.
- Ανυπεράσπιστοι (Defenceless), 1966.
- Το Διπλό Βιβλίο (The double book), 1976, considered as one of the most important novels in post-war Greek literature.[4]
- Σπουδές (Studies), 1976.
References
- ^ "Οι μαθητές της Ζωσιμαίας Σχολής". cultureportalweb.uoi.gr. Οδηγός Περιφέρειας Ηπείρου. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ Βασιλική Σελιώτη, Αγάθη Ερωτοκρίτου. Το Διπλό Βιβλίo: Υποστηρικτικό Υλικό για τον Καθηγητή (PDF). Greek Ministry of Education. p. 14. ISBN 978-9963-0-4520-4. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of modern Greek literature (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-313-30813-0.
- ^ "The Onassis Cultural Centre" (PDF). athenspotlighted. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- 1913 births
- 1981 deaths
- Writers from Ioannina
- Communist Party of Greece politicians
- Greek male poets
- 20th-century Greek novelists
- 20th-century Greek poets
- Zosimaia School alumni
- National Liberation Front (Greece) members
- Democratic Army of Greece personnel
- Exiles of the Greek Civil War
- Greek prisoners and detainees
- Greek expatriates in Hungary
- 20th-century Greek journalists
- Greek Byzantinists
- Scholars of Byzantine literature