Ilias Gkanoulis was born at Siatista (Macedonia, Greece) in 1902 and died at Kavala in 1946. He spent part of his school days in Alexandria (Egypt) and studied Law in Athens. He published literary critiques, one of which focuses on Cavafy’s work.
Photographic studio in Livorno (Italy). Giuseppe Marzocchini (1802-1865) established the first photographic workshop in Livorno. Around 1843, he started working with daguerreotypes and, since 1860, he collaborated with his son, Ricardo. After Ricardo’s death in 1910, the business was taken over by his grandson Vittorio Ezio Marzocchini, who run the studio until the mid-1920s.
Nikolaos Giannopoulos was the son of Konstantinos and Eufrosyni (née Fotiadi), sister of Charikleia Cavafy, and first cousin of C. P. Cavafy. His parents were married in 1871 and had three children. Nikolaos was their middle child and only boy.
Giagkos Georgantas (1879-1953) was born in Athens (Greece). He was the son of Pantelis A. Georgantas and of Eleni I. Dragoumi.