Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
Miltos Sachtouris or Miltos Sahtouris (Greek: Μίλτος Σαχτούρης: July 19, 1919, Athens – March 29, 2005, Athens) was a Greek poet. He was a descendant of Georgios Sachtouris which had origins from Ydra island. When he was young he aborted his law studies to follow his real passion, poetry, and adopted the pen name Miltos Chrysanthis. Sachtouris then wrote his first poem, The Music Of My Islands, under his pen name, in 1941.
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