Writing about a famous person
Unit 7 in the Grade 5 book is called Going back in time. We talked about various figures from the past and students wrote about Aliki Vougiouklaki, Jenny Karezi and Socrates but I am posting the following piece as it is 200 years since this influential Greek writer passed away.
Papadiamantis was born on 4th March 1851 on the island of Skiathos. He lived a humble life and he supported himself (very meagerly) by writing throughout his adult life. His novels are adventurous with rich plots about war, pirates and the plague and his shorter stories are “ real “ about country life in Skiathos or city life in the poorer neighbourhoods of Athens. He lived among people like a monk. He was known as a recluse. He died of pneumonia on 3rd January 1911. This year marks 200 years since his death.
By George Grade 5.
