Polidouri, Maria (1902–1930)
Polidouri, Maria (1902–1930)
Greek poet. Born 1902 in Kalamata, Greece; died 1930.
Studied law in Athens and moved to Paris after disappointed love affair with poet Kostas Kariotakis; returned to Greece suffering from tuberculosis; intense poems reflect loss and disappointment; published Margerites (1917), Dying Trills (1928), and Echo and Chaos (1929).
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DIED: 1926, Montreux, Switzerland
NATIONALITY: German
GENRE: Fiction, poetry, drama
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