Napoleon Lapathiotis
Napoleon Lapathiotis was a Greek poet.
Biography
Born in Athens, he began writing and publishing poetry when he was eleven. In 1907, along with others, he established the Igiso magazine, in which he published his works. In 1909, he graduated from the law school of the University of Athens. His only book of poems while alive was published in 1939; in 1964, Aris Diktaios published his poems posthumously.Lapathiotis was openly gay and had communist beliefs. Poor in later life and an opium addict, he committed suicide with a revolver on 7 January 1944.
He died in Athens.
Legacy
The 1985 film Meteor and Shadow was based on his life.Poems
Famous poems by Lapathiotis include:- Τὰ καημένα τὰ πουλάκια
- Τὰ χλωμά τὰ κοριτσάκια
- Ἔχω ἕνα ἀηδόνι...
- Ποιητής
- Μυστικό...
- Ἐπεισόδιο
- Ἡ χαρά
- Συντριβή
- ἈναμνήσειςOur old song Small song
- Παραμύθι
- Πόθος
- Στὴ νυχτερινὸ κέντρο
- Χειμωνιάτικο τοπίο
- Ἐκ βαθέων
- Στὴ φυλακή...
- Κούραση
- Κλείσε τὰ παράθυρα
- Φαντάσματα
- Βαθύ κι ἐξαίσιο βράδυ
- Μοναξιά
- Ἑκάτης πάθη
- Νυχτερινό
- Οἱ μπερντέδες
- Ἐρωτικό
- Οἱ κύκνοι τὸ φθινόπωρο
- Λυπήσου
- Προσμένω πάλι
- ΣπαρασμόςUntitled
- 1939
- Φάντασμα
- Προσμονή
- Εἶμαι μόνος...
- Ἐρινύες
- Τ᾿ ἁπλὸ παιδί πού ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ...Song
- Ὅταν βραδιάζει
- Ἕνας χαμένος κύκλος
- Ἀποχαιρετισμοί στη μουσική
- Ἀποχαιρετισμός
- Ἀποχαιρετιστήριο
- Κραυγή