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Street name: Kosti Palama
Category: Person
Category in detail: Poet
Description: Kostis Palamas (1859-1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the Olympic Hymn. Palamas has been informally called the "national" poet of Greece. He was an influential voice in Greek literature for more than 30 years, and greatly influenced the entire political-intellectual climate of his time. Romain Rolland considered him the greatest poet in Europe. Palamas wrote the lyrics to the Olympic Hymn, composed by Spyridon Samaras. It was first performed at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The Hymn was then shelved as each host city from then and was declared the official Olympic Anthem in 1958. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature on 14 occasions, but never received it.
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City: Thessaloniki
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