Kostis Palamas was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School along with Georgios Drosinis and Ioannis Polemis.
- Occupation
- journalist, literary critic, poet, playwright
- Position held
- President of the Academy of Athens
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Born
- January 13, 1859
- Died
- February 27, 1943
