Writers
- Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933): Alexandria, Ottoman Egypt
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957): Heraklion, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire
- Kostas Varnalis (1884–1974): Burgas, Bulgaria
- Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971): Urla, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
- Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996): Crete, then an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire
- Andreas Embirikos (1901–1975): Brăila, Romania
- Antigone Kefala (1935- ): Brăila, Romania
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“Good writers have two things in common: they would rather be understood than admired, and they do not write for hairsplitting and hypercritical readers.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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