Georgios Souris left his mark on his time… Many hated him, but many more adored him.
Called the “modern Aristophanes”, he wrote about kings and their kin – and just when you thought he was praising them, he would, through allegory, turn it into biting satire. He was even prosecuted for it! One poem, said to be written about Queen Olga – though Souris insisted it was about his own wife – referred to a certain “Lady Giorgena,” and more than hinted that she was a drunkard.
He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Kostis Palamas called him a “charming poet.” In 1883, Souris published the legendary newspaper Romios with the subtitle: “A newspaper written by Souris”. It ran for 36 years – until his death in 1919 – and counted 1,444 issues.