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Michalis Katsaros (Greek: Μιχάλης Κατσαρός) was a Greek poet. He was born in 1919 in Kiparissia (Greek: Κυπαρισσία) and died in 1998 in Athens. His main occupation was to write poems and painting. He was a poet with intense politicization.
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The War
During The occupation of Greece 1941-1944 (Greek: Η Κατοχή, I Katochi, meaning "The Occupation") he joined the resistance. Michalis Katsaros after the war passed through a painful silence, as all the poetries in his generation, in the way he spent himself in successive collections.
Early life
He was married with the painter Koula Maragopoulou. In 1945 he moved to Athens and lived for many years in difficult conditions, exerting various livelihood occupations like cashier at a merchant, journalist illegal press and the radio officer. He collaborated with the magazines "Foundation" (1947), "Poetic Art", "The New Greek", "Athenian Letters" and "Target" (1950) and in 1975 published the magazine "System", where he published mainly own work.
Poetry
Music
His work was turned into music by the famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis , A.Kounadis and G. Markopoulos ISBN 978-960-06-2317-8 3rd edition ISBN 978-960-06-2356-7
The composer Hans Werner Henze set two of Katsaros' poems for his song-cycle Voices (1973).
Books
Michalis Katsaros was the inspiration for one of her nephew imaginary character on her book "A Letter From Greece".