The lyricist who passionately “changed” the folk song
Eftychia Papayannopoulou was the first female lyricist in Greece, a strong personality who, through her songs, sealed all the modern history of the country. She sold her lyrics so that she could live and play cards, in her songs one could discover
every aspect of her dynamic character and the sensitivity of an intelligent woman.
She was born in Aydin, Asia Minor in 1893, and spent her childhood there. At an early age, she lost her father, something that she said stuck and changed her whole life. He thought that from that moment on, Zurlia
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