Georgios Hatzis: Difference between revisions

'''Georgios Hatzis''' ({{lang-el|Γεώργιος Χατζής}}, 1881-1930), also known under the pen name '''Pelleren''', was a [[Greeks|Greek]] author and journalist.▼

Hatzis was born in [[Ioannina]], northwestern Greece, when the city was still under [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule. He graduated from the [[Zosimaia School]] of Ioannina and then went to the [[University of Athens]], where he studied Medicine. However, he could not finish his studies due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chatzis Georgios|url=http://84.205.237.165/index.php?q=en/node/1288|publisher=Γιάννενα & Σύγχρονη Δημιουργία|accessdate=8 February 2012}}</ref> Hatzis then went back to Ioannina and became a teacher in [[Vourbiani]], [[Konitsa]].<ref name=cultureoartal>{{cite web|title=Οι μαθητές της Ζωσιμαίας Σχολής|url=http://cultureportalweb.uoi.gr/cultureportalweb/print.php?article_id=1033&lang=gr&print_mode=article|work=cultureportalweb.uoi.gr|publisher=Οδηγός Περιφέρειας Ηπείρου|accessdate=9 February 2012}}</ref> In 1909 Hatzis was appointed editor of the newspaper ''[[Epirus]]'' (Ήπειρος), by the ''Hellenic Political Association of Ioannina''.<ref name=Sakellariou363>Sakellariou, 1997: [http://books.google.gr/books?ei=agszT9C0NaX04QS4usjpBA&hl=el&id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&dq=editor+%22George+Hatzis%2C+who+was+also+known+as+a+literary+figure+under+the+pen-name+%22Pelleren%2219%2C+fought+hard+for+the+Greek+cause+by+publishing+a+wealth+of+news+and%2C+above+all%2C+in+daily+articles+and+commentaries.+%22&q=%22In+1909+the+Hellenic+Political+Association+of+Ioannina+appointed+George+Hatzis+%28father+of+the+well-known+author+Demetris+Hatzis%29+as+editor+of+its+newspaper+Epirus+%281909-1940%29.+George+Hatzis%2C+who+was+also+known+as+a+literary+figure+under+the+pen-name+%22Pelleren%2219%2C+fought+hard+for+the+Greek+cause+by+publishing+a+wealth+of+news+and%2C+above+all%2C+%22#search_anchor p. 363]</ref> In the columns of ''Epirus'' he supported the rights of the Greek population of the region against the mismanagement and the defective administration of the Ottoman authorities of that time.<ref>Sakellariou, 1997: [http://books.google.gr/books?ei=kAwzT5PHB-uO4gTslYX8BA&hl=el&id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22pelleren%22+journalist+author+columns&q=%22George+Hatzis-Pelleren+%281881-1930%29%2C+journalist+and+author%2C+used+the+columns+of+his+newspaper+%22Epirus+%22+to+hurl+caustic+criticism+at+mismanagement+and+the+defective+administration+of+justice+in+the+vilayet+of+Ioannina+during+the+last+decades+before+liberation%22#search_anchor p. 295]</ref> Because of this activity he was sentenced to death by the Ottomans, but meanwhile, the [[Balkan Wars]] and the retreat of the Ottoman troops, saved his live.<ref name=cultureoartal/> During 1914-1915 he participated in the events that occurred in [[Northern Epirus]] by the local Greeks against annexation to newly established [[Principality of Albania|Albania]] and supported the activities of the [[Provisional Government of Northern Epirus|provisional government]].<ref name=cultureoartal/> ▼

After the [[Balkan Wars]] and the subsequent incorporation of his home land to Greece, Hatzis supported the initiative for an organized club in Ioannina with its own library, in order to promote literature and arts in the city.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sfyroeras|first=Vasileios|title=Ιστορία Επτά Αιώνων|url=http://wwk.kathimerini.gr/kath/7days/1997/01/05011997.pdf|publisher=kathimerini|accessdate=8 February 2012|page=7|language=Greek|month=January|year=1997}}</ref> Finally in 1924 the ''Educational Club'' (Εκπαιδευτικός Όμιλος) of Ioannina was founded with Hatzis one of the members of the administrative committe.<ref>Sakellariou, 1997: [http://books.google.gr/books?ei=UA8zT-SFD-uO4gTslYX8BA&hl=el&id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Current+quests+were+in+any+case+covered+by+the+founding+of+the+local+Educational+Club+within+the+framework+of+the+Zosi-+maia+School+on+30+March+1924.+The+administrative+committee+consisted+of+Mich.+Alexandropoulos+and+Christos+Soulis%22&q=%22Current+quests+were+in+any+case+covered+by+the+founding+of+the+local+Educational+Club+within+the+framework+of+the+Zosi-+maia+School+on+30+March+1924.+The+administrative+committee+consisted+of+Mich.+Alexandropoulos+and+Christos+Soulis%22+Pelleren#search_anchor p. 411]</ref>▼

His statue is erected at the ''Άλσος Ποιητών'' (poet's grove) in Ioannina.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kitsaki|first=Georgia|title=Τα μνημεία της πόλης των Ιωαννίνων|url=http://www.hist-arch.uoi.gr/pdfs_docs/meta/kitsaki.pdf|publisher=University of Ioannina, History and Archaeology Department|accessdate=8 February 2012|pages=7}}</ref> Hatzis had to sons, one of them, Dimitrios, became also an author.<ref name=Sakellariou363/>▼