KARKAVTSAS, ANDRAS


Meaning of KARKAVTSAS, ANDRAS in English

born 1866, Lekhain, Greece died Oct. 10, 1922, Amarosion Greek novelist and short-story writer whose subject was village life. Karkavtsas studied medicine at Athens and became an army doctor. In this capacity he traveled to many villages in the provinces. His short stories tell of the life, traditions, and legends of the villages. He belonged to the National Language Society, which worked for the acceptance of the Demotic, or spoken, language in literature. His short stories are powerful, but his greatest achievement is thought to be his realistic novel O zitinos (1899; The Beggar).

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