Zacharias Papantoniou

Zacharias Papantoniou (Greek: Ζαχαρίας Παπαντωνίου, Zacharias Papandoniou) (February 3, 1877 in Karpenisi – February 1, 1940 in Athens) was a Greek writer.[1]

Papantoniou spent the first years of his life in Granitsa, where his father was a teacher. In 1890, the family moved to Athens and he studied art and medicine before writing for the ‘Acropolis' newspaper.[1]

In 1904 he co-founded I Ethniki Glossa; he was also prefect of Zakynthos, the Cyclades, Messinia and Laconia from 1912 to 1916.[1]

In 1918, he became director of the National Gallery;[2] during his time there the museum introduced some free admission hours to the public, and a sculpture collection was established.

Papantoniou's work was the first to promote Evrytania.

His works include; [1][3]

• War Songs (1898)
• Τα Ψηλά Βουνά (The High Mountains) (1917)
• Ta swallows (1920) (reprinted as 'Children’s songs')
• Πεζοί Ρυθμοί (Pedestrian Rhythms) (1923)
• Modern Greek Readings (1923)

• Works by or about Zacharias Papantoniou at Wikisource
• Media related to Zacharias Papantoniou at Wikimedia Commons
• Brief bio-bibliography (in Greek)
• Works by Zacharias Papantoniou at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Zacharias Papantoniou at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Poems by Papantoniou (in Greek)
• Granitsa Evrytanias Archived 2021-05-25 at the Wayback Machine

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