Nikos Kavvadias (Greek: Νίκος Καββαδίας; 11 January 1910 – 10 February 1975) was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels...
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Kavvadias (1886–1965), admiral of the Hellenic Navy Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975), poet Panagiotis Kavvadias (1850–1928), archaeologist Alexander Polycleitos...
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Historically known as "marabout." Marabou, a collection of poems by Nikos Kavvadias Marabou, a thrown silk typically dyed in the gum or a fabric made of...
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Nikos (Greek: Νίκος, Níkos) is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek Nikolaos, which means "victory of the people". Although used as a proper first...
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based on the short story titled "Li", by the Greek poet and sailor Nikos Kavvadias. Nikos (Stephen Rea), a sailor, learns that the company that runs his ship...
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immigrants from Lofoten. The poem "Pilot Nagel" from the Greek sailor-poet Nikos Kavvadias tells the story of the Norwegian sailor Nagel Harbor, who dies at the...
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Alexandros Papadiamantis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Andreas Embirikos, Kostas Karyotakis, Gregorios Xenopoulos, Constantine Cavafy, Nikos Kavvadias, Kostas Varnalis,...
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was I Agapi ine zali (Dizzy with Love), with lyrics by Alkis Alkeos, Nikos Kavvadias, Andreas Mikroutsikos and Babis Tsikliropoulos. The title song became...
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Vladivostok.[citation needed] Aleksandr Dvornikov (born 1961), army general Nikos Kavvadias (1910-1975), Greek poet Ussuriysk is twinned with: Mudanjiang, China[citation...
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kept its original architecture. In Fiscardo lived the poet and writer Nikos Kavvadias (1910-1975). List of settlements in Cephalonia "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής...
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are still very popular and can be heard even today. The novelists Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975) and the Swiss Georges Haldas [de] (1917–2010) spent parts...
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Andreas Kalvos Iakovos Kambanelis M. Karagatsis Nikos Karouzos Kostas Karyotakis Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kazantzakis Antigone Kefala Yannis Kondos Menis...
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beat generation figure Bob Kaufman, American Beat poet and surrealist Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet Jack Kerouac, American author, On The Road James Lennox...
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next album, Stavros tou Notou (Southern Cross), set to the poetry of Nikos Kavvadias, opened up further musical avenues for him, combining theatre, electronic...
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photographer Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967), Irish poet and novelist Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975), Greek poet Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976), Bengali poet...
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Stavros tou Notou (Southern Cross) (Thanos Mikroutsikos, 1979, poetry by Nikos Kavvadias) Laïkó (λαϊκό τραγούδι 'song of the people' / 'popular song' or αστική...
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second time after 1978 in "Stavros tou Notou" (Southern Cross) songs by Nikos Kavvadias and Thanos Mikroutsikos. Although his songs of the last years follow...
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Esmeralda, servant of Tarzan in Tarzan of the Apes "Esmeralda", a poem by Nikos Kavvadias Esmeralda, a seal in the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Esmeralda (carrack)...
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– Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (b. 1884) 1975 – Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910) 1979 – Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general...
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the Yarra". A poem entitled "Yara Yara" was written by Greek poet Nikos Kavvadias in 1951. A song entitled The Yarra Song was written by Billy Bragg...
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(1901–1979, India, f) Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960, Uganda, f) Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975, Greece, p/f/nf) Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成, 1899–1972, Japan...
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neutral word to mean "ship worker of Asian origin" by the Greek poet Nikos Kavvadias. In the 1955 film The Left Hand of God, Father Carmody (Humphrey Bogart)...
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Ektor Kaknavatos Andreas Kalvos Iakovos Kambanelis Nikos Karouzos Kostas Karyotakis Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kazantzakis Antigone Kefala Napoleon Lapathiotis...
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Independence, admiral, statesman Tzeni Karezi, actress Manos Katrakis, actor Nikos Kavvadias, poet Theodoros Kolokotronis, pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of...
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an extended oeuvre of poems, prose, and essays. Melissanthi, Nikos Kavvadias and Nikos Gatsos are another three notable poets of that era. They co-existed...
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Stavros tou Notou (Southern Cross) (Thanos Mikroutsikos, 1979, poetry by Nikos Kavvadias) A form of éntekhno which is even closer to western classical music...
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Set to music by Ariel Arancibia on the LP Homenaje a Óscar Castro. Nikos Kavvadias Greek 1945 "Federico García Lorca" A poem connecting García Lorca to...
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1957 for ship breaking. In Greece the S/S Cyrenia is prominent due to Nikos Kavvadias' poem "The Seven Dwarves on the S/S Cyrenia (Greek: Οι 7 νάνοι στο...
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Brettania in Athens. In 2003 he presented "The Muddy Waters" of the poet Nikos Kavvadias in Athens Concert Hall, Megaron with numerous famous Greek artists...
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Soo-geun, South Korean stand-up comedian, in Gyeonggi Province Died: Nikos Kavvadias, 65, Greek poet and writer Malagazy Republic President Richard Ratsimandrava...
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