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Theodore Stephanides

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Birds, Beasts, and Relatives

 

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HEGYI BOTOS ATTILA: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEO STEPHANIDES

 

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Stephanides Greeting 2021

 

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Theo Stefanidis Nema Nema

 

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Σέρρα-Παναγία Σουμελά Ποντίων Σύλλογος

Theodore Stephanides was a Greek poet, author, doctor and naturalist. He is best remembered as the friend and mentor of the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell, featuring in Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, The Garden of the Gods and Fillets of Plaice, Durrell's brother Lawrence's Prospero's Cell, and Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi.
  • Personal 

  • Childhood in Bombay and Corfu 

  • World War I and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) 

  • 1920s: study of medicine in Paris, translation of poetry 

  • 1930s: radiology practice in Corfu, meeting the Durrell family 

  • World War II, memoir ''Climax in Crete'' 

  • Postwar period: moving to London 

  • Legacy 

  • Selected bibliography 

  • Portrayals