Famous Authors from Greece

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List of the most popular authors from Greece, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most important people, helping chronicle history and keep us entertained with one of the earliest forms of storytelling. Whether they're known for fiction, non-fiction, poetry or even technical writing, the famous Greek authors on this list have kept that tradition alive by writing renowned works that have been praised around the world. You can find useful information below about these notable Greek writers, such as when they were born and where their place of birth was.

List features authors like Thucydides and P. J. Vatikiotis.

This list answers the questions, "Which famous authors are from Greece?" and "Who are the best Greek authors?"

For further information on these historic Greek authors, click on their names. If you're a bookworm then use this list of celebrated Greek authors to discover some new books that you will enjoy reading.

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Plutarch
Parallel Lives, L'esilio
Birthplace: Southeast Europe, Greece, Chaeronea
Birthdate: 45
Nationality: Greece, Roman Republic
Plutarch (; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos, Koine Greek: [ˈplutarkʰos]; c. AD 46 – c. 120),... more on Wikipedia
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Plato
The Republic, Phaedo
Birthplace: Classical Athens
Nationality: Classical Athens
Plato (; PLAY-toe Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn, pronounced [plá.tɔːn] in Classical Attic; 428/427 or... more on Wikipedia
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Euripides
The Bacchae, The Phoenician Women
Birthplace: Salamis Island, Greece
Birthdate: 456-06-11
Nationality: Greece
Euripides (; Greek: Εὐριπίδης Eurīpídēs, pronounced [eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs]; c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was... more on Wikipedia
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Aristotle
Rhetoric, Physics
Birthplace: Stagira, Greece
Birthdate: 552-06-12
Nationality: Greece
Series Written: On Breath, Topics, Physics
Aristotle (; Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was a... more on Wikipedia
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Sappho
The Poetry of Sappho, The songs of Sappho
Birthplace: Lesbos, Greece
Birthdate: 311-06-11
Nationality: Ancient Greece
Sappho (; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psáppho; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from the... more on Wikipedia
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Aristophanes
The Knights, The Acharnians
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Birthdate: 446
Nationality: Greece
Aristophanes (; Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης, pronounced [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of... more on Wikipedia
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Lafcadio Hearn
Kottō; being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs
Birthplace: Southeast Europe, Lefkada, Greece, Lefkada
Birthdate: 1850
Nationality: Ireland, Kingdom of Greece, Empire of Japan, United Kingdom, Japan
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (; Greek: Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904),... more on Wikipedia

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Elia Kazan
The Arrangement, Elia Kazan: A Life
Birthplace: Istanbul, Constantinople, Turkey
Birthdate: 1909
Nationality: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, United States of America, Greece
Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou (Greek: Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 –... more on Wikipedia
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Míkis Theodorakis
Anatomia tēs mousikēs, Journals of resistance
Birthplace: Chios, Greece
Birthdate: 1925
Nationality: Greece
Michael "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ (Μίκης) Θεοδωράκης [ˈmicis θeoðoˈɾacis]; born 29... more on Wikipedia
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Aesop
Aesop's Fables, The Ant and the Cricket
Birthplace: Amorium, Turkey
Birthdate: 316-06-10
Nationality: Greece
Aesop ( EE-sop; Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aisōpos; c. 620 – 564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and... more on Wikipedia
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Homer
Odyssey, Iliad
Birthplace: Greece
Nationality: Greece
Homer (; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος Greek pronunciation: [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the legendary... more on Wikipedia
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Yannis Ritsos
Monochords, Exile and return
Birthplace: Monemvasia, Greece
Birthdate: 1909-05-01
Nationality: Greece
Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek poet and left-wing activist and an active member of the Greek... more on Wikipedia
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Melina Mercouri
I was born Greek
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Birthdate: 1920
Nationality: Greece
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη; 18 October 1920 – 6... more on Wikipedia
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Tommy Lee
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Birthdate: 1962-10-03
Nationality: United States of America, Greece
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Vassilis Vassilikos
Les photographies, The plant
Birthplace: Kavala, Greece
Birthdate: 1934
Nationality: Greece
Vassilis Vassilikos (Greek: Βασίλης Βασιλικός, born 18 November 1934) is a Greek writer and... more on Wikipedia
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Georges Sari
The Lie, Mrs Cloclo at the Sea
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Birthdate: 1925
Nationality: Greece
Series Written: Totos and Totina, Miss Kloklo
Georges Sari (Greek: Ζωρζ Σαρή) or Zorz Sari (born Georgia Sarivaxevani; 23 May 1925 – 9 June... more on Wikipedia
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Yanni
Yanni - Ethnicity, Yanni in Words
Birthplace: Kalamata, Greece
Birthdate: 1954-11-14
Nationality: Greece
Yiannis Chryssomallis (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, born November 14, 1954), known... more on Wikipedia
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Demosthenes
On the crown, Demosthenes's Funeral Oration
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Birthdate: 552-06-12
Nationality: Greece
Demosthenes (; Greek: Δημοσθένης Dēmosthénēs; Attic Greek: [dɛːmosˈtʰenɛːs]; 384 – 12 October... more on Wikipedia
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George Seferis
Hexi nychtes stēn Akropolē, Tre poesie segrete
Birthplace: Urla, Turkey
Birthdate: 1900-03-13
Nationality: Ottoman Empire, Greece
Giorgos or George Seferis (; Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης [ˈʝorɣos seˈferis]), the pen name of... more on Wikipedia
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Alexander Scourby
Treasury of Walt Whitman, Complete Bible
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Birthdate: 1913-11-13
Nationality: United States of America, Greece
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Odysseas Elytis
The sovereign sun, The Elegies of Oxopetra
Birthplace: Heraklion, Greece
Birthdate: 1911-11-02
Nationality: Greece
Odysseus Elytis (; Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης [oðiˈseas eˈlitis], pen name of Odysseus... more on Wikipedia
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Nia Vardalos
Instant Mom
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
Birthdate: 1962-09-24
Nationality: Canada, United States of America, Greece
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Thucydides
The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides
Birthplace: Alimos, Greece
Birthdate: 476-06-11
Nationality: Greece
Thucydides (; Greek: Θουκυδίδης Thoukydídēs [tʰuːkydídɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an... more on Wikipedia
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Herodotus
Histories, Hē tou Herodotou Halikarnasseos Historia
Birthplace: Halicarnassus, Turkey
Birthdate: 452-06-11
Nationality: Greece
Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in... more on Wikipedia
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Mimis Fotopoulos
Imitonia, Bouloukia
Birthplace: Zatouna, Greece
Birthdate: 1913
Nationality: Greece
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