George SarantarisGeorge Sarantaris (1908-1941) was a Greek poet born in Constantinople and raised in Italy. After receiving a law degree from the University of Macerata, at the age of twenty-two, he moved to Greece, where he spent the rest of his life. During his tim in Greece, he composed more than a thousand poems, developing a distinct poetic world that evokes the sparse, light-filled Greek landscape. He died tragically in the 1940 Greco-Italian War fighting against the country of his upbringing, Italy. Read More Read Less