Stratis Tsirkas

Biography

Yiannis Hatziandreas (Greek: Ιωάννης Χατζηανδρέας, July 23, 1911 – January 27, 1980), better known by his pen name, Stratis Tsirkas (Στρατής Τσίρκας), was a Modern Greek poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator who was born and grew up in Cairo, Egypt as a member of Egypt's Greek community. In 1938, he moved to the culturally mixed and cosmopolitan society of Alexandria, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, where he managed a factory and became active in the city's vibrant literary scene. Ther…