Tasos Korfis

Tasos Korfis (1929-1994). Tasos Korfis (the literary pseudonym of Tasos Rompotis) was born in Corfu, the son of composer Gerasimos Rompotis. He completed high school in Patras and, while still a student, published poems in the magazine "Charavgi" and the newspaper "Avgi" of Pyrgos. In 1947, he moved to Athens and entered the Hellenic Naval Academy. From his graduation in 1951 until 1982, he served as an officer in the Hellenic Navy, retiring with the rank of Vice Admiral, Commander of the Fleet. He served on warships, received numerous honors, and also completed studies at the Naval War College and the NATO Defense College in Rome. He represented the country in NATO staff. In the literary field, he engaged in prose, poetry, essays, studies, and translation. He was awarded the Cyprus Literary Prize, the Nikos Kavvadias Prize, and the Second State Prize for Short Story. He passed away in Athens. For more biographical details on Tasos Korfis, see Yolanda Pegli, "Tasos Korfis - Rompotis: A Multidimensional Intellectual," in the magazine "I Lexi," issue 125, 1-2/1995, G.M. Politarchis, "Korfis Tasos," in the "Great Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature," vol. 9, Haris Patsis, n.d., and Theodosis Kontakis, "Korfis Tasos," in the "Dictionary of Modern Greek Literature," Patakis, 2007, pp. 1131-1132. (Source: Archive of Greek Authors, E.KE.VI.)