Stratis Myrivilis

Stratis Myrivilis
Στράτης Μυριβήλης
Stratis Myrivilis c. 1920s
Born	Efstratios Stamatopoulos (Ευστράτιος Σταματόπουλος) (1890-06-30)30 June 1890 Sikaminea, Lesbos, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died	19 July 1969(1969-07-19) (aged 79) Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Nationality	Greek
Other names	Stratis Myrivilis
Education	Gymnasium of Mytilene
Occupation	Writer
Era	Generation of the '30s
Known for	Life in the Tomb (1923-24, 1930)
Spouse	Eleni Dimitriou
Children	3
Honours	Member of the Academy of Athens Thrice nominated for Nobel Prize in literature (1960, 1962, 1963)
Military career
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch	Hellenic Army
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	2nd Transport Hospital
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War Battle of Kilkis-Lachanas  (WIA) World War I Macedonian front Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir
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Efstratios Stamatopoulos^[a] (30 June 1890 – 19 July 1969) was a Greek writer. He is known for writing novels, novellas, and short stories under the pseudonym Stratis Myrivilis^[b]. He is associated with the "Generation of the '30s".^[1] He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times (1960, 1962, 1963).^[2]

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