Sokrates Kapsaskis

Born in Zante, Greece on February 19, 1928 — died August 28, 2007 (aged 79)

Sokrates Kapsaskis was a Greek poet, film director, historian and translator. He was born on the island of Zante. In 1938 he left Zante to live at his grandfather's house on the Peloponnesus, where he met the poets Takis Sinopoulos, Together they published poems, essays and various translations.