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| Born | Konstantinos Dimitriadis March 20, 1931 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Died | August 11, 2020 (aged 89) Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
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Konstantinos Dimitriadis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης; 20 March 1931 – 11 August 2020), better known by his pen name Dinos Christianopoulos (Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος), was a Greek contemporary and post-war poet, novelist, folklorist, and scholar.[1] He was also a music scholar who wrote about rebetiko.[2]
As Christianopoulos, he is widely known for writing the couplet: "They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."[3]
- ^ Στον Ντίνο Χριστιανόπουλο το Μεγάλο Βραβείο Γραμμάτων 2011 (in Greek)
- ^ "Dinos Christianopoulos, "The Poet of Thessaloniki," Was Rebetiko Scholar". GreekReporter.com. Greek Reporter. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Ponders, Ash (27 March 2021). "On Buried Seeds: The history of 'They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.'". Medium. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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