Nikos E. Milioris (;
1896–1983) was a Greek author and senior military officer.
Biography
Milioris was born in
Urla,
Ottoman Empire
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(in present-day
Turkey
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), to a local Greek family. He was educated at the
Evangelical School of Smyrna
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, and following his graduation worked in his hometown as a secretary and an accountant. A few years later he moved to
Greece
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, and joined the
Hellenic Army
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.
[
After the end of the Greco-Turkish War and the following ]population exchange between Greece and Turkey
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. It involv ...
, Milioris settled with his family in Athens
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as refugees
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while his father was killed earlier in Asia Minor
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. Milioris retired from service in 1952 with the rank of colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
.Asia Minor Greeks
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and their descendants. Moreover, he was an active member of several cultural organisations, groups and associations, and also editor of magazines and newspapers about Asia Minor.[ His wife, Rita Miliori, was also an author.
]
Selected works
*''Palamas and the refugees'' (, Athens, 1950)
*''Vourla in Asia Minor'', Vol. I, II (, Athens, 1957 and 1965)[
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References
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1896 births
1983 deaths
People from Urla, Izmir
People from Aidin vilayet
Anatolian Greeks
Greek colonels
Greek folklorists
Greek writers