Georgios Souris

Georgios Souris (2 February 1853 Ermoupolis -  26 August 1919 Piraeus) was a Greek satirical poet, and journalist. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at University of Athens. From 1883 to 1918, he published the weekly newspaper, Rome. Queen Olga prosecuted him, for his writing. He was a member of the Parnassos Literary Society.

In 2011, one of his songs was used during the Greek government-debt crisis. In 2019, there was a play about him, "A Roman named George Souris". In 2020, there was a "George Souris" Carnival.

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