Pythagoras Papastamatiou
Pythagoras Papastamatiou (Greek: Πυθαγόρας Παπασταματίου, 12 April 1930 – 12 November 1979), mainly known by the mononym Pythagoras, was a Greek lyricist and playwright.
Biography
He was born in 1930 in
Asia Minor Catastrophe. The Asia Minor Catastrophe influenced his work later in his life (in 1972, he co-wrote the song Mikra Asia (Μικρά Ασία "Asia Minor") along with Apostolos Kaldaras
).
In 1940 (during the outbreak of
ELAS
. He graduated from high school after the end of the war.
In 1945, he moved to
Athens Conservatory, where he was a student of Dimitris Rontiris
. He later worked for sometime in theatre, and later, in 1958, he became a playwright. In 1973, he became an irregular member of the Greek Playwrights Club. In 1974, he became an associate member and, in 1975, a regular member of that club.
He had been using the mononym "Pythagoras" since his high school years.[1]
He died of a heart attack on 12 November 1979.
Discography
- Xanavlepo to mikro to amaxaki (Ξαναβλέπω το μικρό το αμαξάκι), Mary Lo, 1954
- Kathe limani ke kaimos (Κάθε λιμάνι και καημός), Panos Gavalas - Ria Kourti, 1964
- O Stamoulis o lochias (Ο Σταμούλης ο λοχίας)
- Otan pini mia gyneka (Όταν πίνει μια γυναίκα)
- Piso apo tis kalamies (Πίσω από τις καλαμιές), Marinella, 1966
- Kyra-Giorgaina (Κυρά-Γιώργαινα)
- Sta vrachia tis Piraïkis (Στα βράχια της Πειραϊκής), Stelios Kazantzidis - Marinella, 1968
- Nychta stasou (Νύχτα στάσου)
- O epipoleos (Ο επιπόλαιος)
- Albania (Αλβανία), Marinella, 1973
- Krasi, Thalassa Ke T' Agori Mou (Κρασί, θάλασσα και τ' αγόρι μου), Marinella, 1974
References
- ^ Angelos Axiotis Pythagoras: 30 chorinia tragoudia (Πυθαγόρας: 30 χρόνια τραγούδια "Pythagoras: 30 Years of Music".
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