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Pantelis Horn

1881 – 1941

Greek playwright and admiral

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Lived 1881 – 1941 (aged 59–60). Pantelis Horn was a Greek playwright, military officer and writer.

Pantelis Horn (; 1 January 1881 – 1 November 1941) was a Greek naval officer and playwright, one of the few Greek writers of the early 20th century who devoted themselves solely to theatre. He produced works in the naturalist style.

Horn was born in Trieste to an Austrian father and a Greek mother. Horn also served as an officer in the Hellenic Navy, graduating in 1899 from the Hellenic Naval Academy. As a commander, he was one of the first Navy officers to be transferred to the newly constituted Hellenic Coast Guard, where he remained for the rest of his career, retiring on 28 October 1926 with the rank of Rear Admiral.

His son Dimitris Horn would go on to become a well-known actor.

Works Horn wrote more than thirty plays during his career, including: The Outsider (1906) Petroharides (The Stonecutters; 1908), Horn's performance debut To Fintanaki (The Sapling or The Young Plant; 1921), a "considerable hit" Flantro (1935), about an aristocratic widow

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1881, Trieste
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Who was Pantelis Horn?

Greek playwright and admiral (1881–1941)

When was Pantelis Horn born?

Pantelis Horn was born in 1881 in Trieste.

When did Pantelis Horn die?

Pantelis Horn died on 1 November 1941 in Athens.

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Pantelis Horn was a playwright, military officer and writer.

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Pantelis Horn was Greek.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pantelis Horn

· Wikidata: Q7131691

· DBpedia: Pantelis Horn

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