A figure of a stoic and humble outlook, Papadiamantis always preferred to make friends with poor people, among whom he felt more at ease than within the literary circles. His religious sentiments made him abstain from social gatherings, hence his nickname Κοσμοκαλόγερος (A monk within society). In 1902, he finally retired there and wrote his most famous novel Ἡφόνισσα (The murder woman). In 1895, however, his father died and Alexandros began visiting his hometown Skiathos more often. Papadiamantis enjoyed great success: every time he published a short story, it was considered a literary event. In 1884, he started working for the most popular newspaper of the time, ’Aκρόπολις (Akropolis), edited by the most prominent journalist of the period Vlassis Gavriilidis (1848–1920). From 1882 to 1898, he worked as a translator for the first Athenian daily ’Eφημερίς (Newspaper) edited by the well-known playwright Dimitrios Koromilas (1850–1898). In 1876, he used his studies as a pretext not to return to Skiathos. From a very young age, he learned English and French on his own, to such a perfection that his later translations of foreign novels were of the highest quality. In 1874, he enrolled at the School of Philosophy at the University of Athens but he never graduated. Later, he left for Athens, where he graduated from the Varvakion school. He received his primary education in his hometown, at the Aegean island of Skiathos.
Alexandros accompanied his father to religious ceremonies, an experience which marked his life. His father was very much influenced by the teaching of Kolyvades, a very conservative version of Orthodoxy. His mother was the offspring of a well-off family from the Peloponnese. He was the third son of the priest Adamantios, hence the family name (papa-Diamantis). About the authorĥ Alexandros Papadiamantis: : short story writer and translator.
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