About Emmanuel Rhoides
Emmanuel Rhoides was a Greek writer, journalist, and translator. He is considered one of the most influential writers of 19th century Greece and a significant figure of Modern Greek literature. His most popular work, The Papess Joanne, was translated in several languages earning him international recognition throughout Europe. His complete literary corpus includes novels, short stories, essays, and translations. He secretly began working on the translation of Chateaubriand's Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem, which his uncle discovered and urged him to publish. He would later go on to write numerous translations, and became the first to translate the works of Edgar Allan Poe into Greek. In the following years, Rhoides worked with French-language newspapers, and in 1870 he became director of the newspapers La Grèce and L'Independence Hellenique.
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