About Georgios Chortatzis
Lived 1545 – 1610 (aged 64–65). Georgios Chortatzis was a Greek poet, writer and playwright.
Georgios Chortatzis or Chortatsis (; c. 1545 – c. 1610) was a Greek dramatist in Cretan verse. He was, along with Vitsentzos Kornaros, one of the main representatives of a school of literature in the vernacular Cretan dialect that flourished in the late 16th and early 17th centuries under Venetian rule. His best-known work is Erofili (or Erophile), a tragedy set in Egypt.
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Who was Georgios Chortatzis?
Greek writer
When was Georgios Chortatzis born?
Georgios Chortatzis was born in 1545 in Crete.
When did Georgios Chortatzis die?
Georgios Chortatzis died in 1610.
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Georgios Chortatzis was a poet, writer and playwright.
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Georgios Chortatzis was Greek.
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