Miltos Sachtouris [SEP] country of citizenship
in Athens on the morning of Tuesday, March 29, 2005 and was buried at the First ('A') Cemetery of Athens. Upon his death the Prime Minister of Greece at that time, Kostas Karamanlis stated: "Miltos Sachtouris was one of the leading poets of Greece and one of the last representatives of a very important era for the Greek poetry. His writing and his constant search of freedom in art and life, accompanied a whole era of adventures and challenges. His work will survive the time. I
Miltos Sachtouris
Miltos Sachtouris or Miltos Sahtouris (; July 19, 1919, Athens – March 29, 2005, Athens) was a Greek poet. He was a descendant of Georgios Sachtouris which had origins from Ydra island. When he was young he aborted his law studies to follow his real passion, poetry, and adopted the pen name Miltos Chrysanthis (Μίλτος Χρυσάνθης). Sachtouris then wrote his first poem, "The Music Of My Islands", under his pen name, in 1941.
Poetry.
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