Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou
Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou (Constantinople 1918 – 13 December 1995) and better known under the pen name of Bost (Μποστ), was a prolific Greek political cartoonist, playwright, lyricist and painter. His satirical cartoons and caricatures appeared in many papers such as I Avgi, Tachydromos and Eleftherotypia. Their radical political character (he stood unsuccessfully for election for left-wing parties on several occasions) led to a number of lawsuits.
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Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou
- Full name
- Χρύσανθος Βοσταντζόγλου.
- Born
- 1918. · Istanbul.
- Died
- 1995. · Athens.
- Nationality
- Greece and Ottoman Empire.
- Occupation
- painter, caricaturist, playwright, lyricist, costume designer, illustrator and artist.
- Languages
- Modern Greek.
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Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou (Constantinople 1918 – 13 December 1995) and better known under the pen name of Bost (Μποστ), was a prolific Greek political cartoonist, playwright, lyricist and painter. His satirical cartoons and caricatures appeared in many papers such as I Avgi, Tachydromos and Eleftherotypia. Their radical political character (he stood unsuccessfully for election for left-wing parties on several occasions) led to a number of lawsuits.
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1944: "St Fanourios. Help through an understanding of the Chinese classics Gah-Chu and Wu-Svou-Ni" 1953: "Constantine Paleologos" 1959: "Sketches by Bost" (also published by Kastaniotis 1996) 1960: "My album" 1961: "Sketches and writings (First selection)" 1961: "The profession of my mother" 1963: "Don Quixote" (play) 1963: "Beautiful city" (play) 1964: "Fausta" (play) 1993: "Medea" (play) 1995: "Romeo and Juliet" (play) 1972: "Sketches and writings (Second selection)" (also published by Kastaniotis 1996) 1982: "Maria Pentagiotissa" (play) 1987: "40 years of Bost" (play) 1996: "Sketches 1973-4", publisher Kastaniotis 1996 1996: "Alilografeia me ton Kosta", publisher Nefeli 1998: "Short stories 1960-1965", publisher Hermes
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- "Bost", by Lalas, Thanasis, publisher Kastaniotis 1996
- Kaggelaris, N. (2016), "Sophocles' Oedipus in Mentis Bostantzoglou's Medea" [in Greek] in Mastrapas, A. N. – Stergioulis, M. M. (eds.) Seminar 42: Sophocles the great classic of tragedy , Athens: Koralli, pp. 74–81 https://www.academia.edu/30141685/%CE%9F_%CE%9F%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%9C%CE%AE%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84_Sophocles_Oedipus_in_Mentis_Bostantzoglous_Medea_.pdf.
- Kaggelaris, N. (2017), "Euripides in Mentis Bostantzoglou's Medea", [in Greek] Carpe Diem 2: 379-417 https://www.academia.edu/35477991/%CE%97_%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%95%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%9C%CE%AE%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84_Euripides_in_Mentis_Bostantzoglous_Medea_.
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