Yanis Kordatos
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Yanis Kordatos (Greek: Γιάνης Κορδάτος; 1 February 1891 – 1961) was a Greek Marxist historian and sociologist.[1] Kordatos wrote over twenty historical works dealing with Ancient, Byzantine, and Modern Greek history. Some of his most notable books include A History of Greek Literature from 1453-1961 (1962), The Last Days of the Byzantine Empire (1975), A History of Ancient Greek Philosophy (1946, 1975), The Commune of Thessalonica (Salonika), 1342-1349 (1975), and The Social Meaning of the Greek War of Independence of 1821 (1972). He is considered the father of Greek Marxist historiography.[citation needed]
Early life
Kordatos was born on February 1, 1891 in Zagora, Greece. His father Alexandros, was a merchant. He studied at Smyrna (Izmir)'s Graeco-German Lyceum in 1907. In 1908, he studied at the Franco-Hellenic Lyceum in Constantinople (Istanbul). Kordatos also studied Law at the University of Athens in 1911.[2]
Politics
Kordatos was a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Labour Party of Greece (SEKE), and for a short period of time in 1922 as the party's general secretary.
The party later became the Socialist Labour Party of Greece-Communist (SEKE-K). In 1924, it was renamed the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
References
- ^ Kitromilides, Paschalis M. (2014). "Kordatos, Yiannis (1891-1961)". In D. R. Woolf (ed.). A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing. Routledge. p. 510. ISBN 978-1-134-81998-0.
- ^ Lane, Thomas A. (1995). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders, Volume 1. Westport: Greenwood Press. pp. 505–506. ISBN 0313264562.
Further reading
- Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 178. ISBN 0313308136.
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