Giorgos Vrisimitzakis was a poet who was born in Alexandria (Egypt) in 1890 and studied in Paris (France). He lived in Italy for some time (1912-1913), where he joined the anarchist movement. In addition to poetry, he was active also in translation, literary studies and criticism. He was a distinguished collaborator of the journal Grammata. He moved to France in 1926 and stayed there until his death in 1947.