Menos Filintas

Menos Filintas (1870-1934). Menos Filintas was born in Artaki, Kyzikos. He completed his general education at the Thessaloniki Teachers' College, which was under Turkish rule at the time, and worked as a teacher in various cities across Turkey. Early on, he became involved in the Demotic Greek movement and, in 1901, was awarded in a language competition organized by the newspaper Asty, initiated by Psycharis, for his work "Grammar of the Romaic Language," which was later published in two volumes. He was persecuted and imprisoned for his activities. From 1913 until the end of his life, he lived in Athens. He collaborated with most Athenian magazines, as well as publications in Constantinople, and published linguistic studies, prose works, and the poetry collection "Octaves." He also contributed to the writing of the "Great Greek Encyclopedia" by Pyrsos Publications. For more biographical details on Menos Filintas, see Meraklis M.G., "Menos Filintas," in "Greek Poetry: Romantic - Palamas Era - Post-Palamas; Anthology - Literary History," p. 452. Athens, Sokolis, 1977; Cheila-Markopoulou D., "Filintas Menos," in "World Biographical Dictionary" 9b. Athens, Ekdotiki Athinon, 1988; and entries in the "Great Greek Encyclopedia" 23. Athens, Pyrsos, 1933, and the "Great Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature" 12. Athens, Haris Patsis, n.d. (Source: Archive of Greek Authors, EKEBI).