Konstantinos Skenderis Explained

Konstantinos Skenderis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κωνσταντίνος Σκενδέρης, 1864–1959) was a Greek journalist and author. He was born in Moscopole, modern southeast Albania, when the city was under Ottoman rule.^[1] He studied at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College.

In 1891 he moved to Korçë.^[1] From 1910 he published there the newspaper named O Pelasgos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ο Πελασγός The Pelasgian). When his homeland came under Greek administration (Oct. 1914 – Sept. 1916), Skenderis got elected as member of the Greek Parliament for the Korytsa Prefecture in the following elections (December 1915).^{[1] [2]} From 1916 he lived in Athens where he continued to publish his newspaper until 1940.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Ιστορία της αρχαίας και συγχρόνου Μοσχοπόλεως [History of [[Moscopole]].] K. Skenderis. (Greek)
• Issues of 'Pelasgos' http://pc-3.lib.uoi.gr:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/HASH99700dfcfd2eca99300869/1/doc.pdf, http://pc-3.lib.uoi.gr:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/HASH01cf2c044ade559cc60f954b/1/doc.pdf . (Greek)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Koltsida. Athina. el:Η Εκπαίδευση στη Βόρειο Ήπειρο κατά την Ύστερη Περίοδο της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας [Education in Northern Epirus during the Latter Ottoman Period] . http://invenio.lib.auth.gr/record/104814?ln=el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 16 December 2012. 2008 . el. pdf. 157.
2. Ιστορία τουελληνικού έθνους Νεώτερος ελληνισμός από το 1913 ως το 1941. Εκδοτική Αθηνών. [History of the Greek Nation. Ekdotike Athenon] (Greek)
3. Βούλα Κόντη Ηπειρώτικη Βιβλιογραφία [Epirote Bibliography]. Κέντρο Νεοελληνικών Ερευών Νεοελληνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών. Αθήνα 1999, p. 74 (Greek)
4. M. V. Sakellariou. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization. Ekdotikē Athēnōn, 1997., p. 363.