Georgios Vizyinos

Georgios Vizyinos (Greek: Γεώργιος Βιζυηνός ; born as "Georges Syrmas"; His poems, which are considered influential in Greek literature, focus on ethnography and he was referred to as a "painter of souls".

In 1860, at age 10, he was sent to Constantinople to live with his uncle and learn tailoring. He became a secondary school teacher and, from 1890, a professor of rhythmics and drama at the Athens Conservatoire.

In 1892, Vizyinos was in such a state of delusion that he dressed up and prepared for a wedding. When it did not happen, he tried to commit suicide - he was saved by a friend. Poetica Protoleia (Juvenile Poems) (1873) - won first prize in the Voutsinaios Literary Competition (1874) Diamanto (1875) Ares, Mares, Koukounares (renamed Vosporides Avra) (1876) Araps and his Camel (1879) - a children's story My Mother’s Sin (1883) - focuses on themes of forgiveness, guilt, and atonement; inspired by the accidental suffocation of his sister by his mother Between Piraeus and Naples (1883) Who was my Brother’s Murderer (1883) The Only Journey of His Life (1884) Intellectual Geniuses (1885) Moskov-Selim (published 1895) - published while he was institutionalized; set in Thrace, it contains ethnographic and psychobiographic elements, narrating the adventures of Moscov-Selim, a Turkish soldier who is persecuted and tantalized.