Georgios Souris - An introduction

Georgios Souris (Greece 1853 - 1919) was a prolific satirical poet, beloved and known throughout Greece.

Nominated five times for the Nobel Prize, he never received it, probably due to the topics he addressed.

He wrote about Greece and the Greeks, mercilessly satirizing the daily life of citizens, politicians, kings and rulers.

Photo of the Greek poet Georgios Souris, a work that is in the public domain. It shows the face of the poet and part of his neck and shoulders. the poet seems quiet young in the picture and has short hair and a beard. At the bottom of the picture there is surname of the poet in capital Greek letters: ΣΟΥΡΗΣ

At least twice he was brought to the attention of the authorities and prosecuted. The first was in 1896 when he satirised King George and the second in 1897 when his poem 'Fasoulis converses with Lady Fasoulis' was considered insulting to Queen Olga and to the institution of kingship.

From 1883 to 1918 he published the four-page weekly satirical newspaper 'The Romios', which was so popular that it was a good source of income for Souris, not a small feat for a poet of any era.

Under the tag/label "Georgios Souris" i will be publishing poems of Souris that i translate in English and also add the poem in Greek, as reference, so that maybe better translations will be produced in the future.

The work of Georgios Souris in Greek belongs to the public domain.

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