Ioannis Γ Kasimatis. John George Kasimatis.

Former senior executive of a Telecommunications company in Athens.

He is married to Gogo. They have no children.

Known as "o loyoteknitis".

He has had a hip replacement, and walks with some difficulty, but he is always "upbeat", and highly excitable.

He becomes very excitable when he meets "exoterikï" who are interested in the culture and heritage of Kythera and Greece.

He has written 16 books, 14 of which have been published.

Many of these books, such as (4, below) Venetian phrases and language from the Ionian Islands, (7) Lafcadio Hearn, and the (14) The Watermills of Kythera, urgently need to be translated into English, in order to be appreciated by a wider audience.

He resides in Athens permanently, but maintains his "patriko spitti" on the outskirts of Livathi on the road that leads to Myrtithotissa.

Here he has been photographed during an audience with the Metropoliti of Kythera.

14 Titles in Greek

TΟΥ ΙΔΙΟΥ

1. ΠΟΡΦΥΡΕΣ AΝTAΥΓΕΙΕΣ, Ποίηση, 1990
2. KATAΛΟΙΠA ΒΕΝΕTΙKΩΝ
ΓΛΩΣΣΙKΩΝ ΣTΟΙΧΕΙΩΝ ΣTA KΥΘΗΡA
Γλωσσολογική μελέτη, “Aτλαντίς”, 1993
3. ΕΠΙΒΙΒAΣΗ ΓΙA TA KΥΘΗΡA,
Ποίηση, “Μοριάς”, 1995
4. Η ΕΠΙΔΡAΣΗ TΗΣ ΒΕΝΕTΣΙAΝΙKΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣAΣ ΣTA ΕΠTAΝΗΣA,
΅Μελέτη, “Φαίδρος”, 1996
5. ΕAΡΙΝΕΣ ΜΠAΛAΝTΕΣ,
Ποίηση, “Ιωλκος”, 1997
6. ΩΔΗ ΣTΟ ΣΕΛΗΝΟΦΩΣ,
Ποίηση, “Μαυριδης”, 1999
7. ΛΕΥKAΔΟΙΣ ΧΕΡΝ,
Μελέτη , “Μαυριδης”, 2000
8. IL BELVEDERE DI CERIGO,
Ποίηση, “Μαυριδης”, 2001
9. AΝΘΗ ΜΥΡTΙAΣ
Ποίηση, “Μαυριδης”, 2001
10. ΕK ΒAΘΕΩΝ!...,
Ποίηση, “Μαυριδης”, 2001
11. ΦΥΛΛA ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓ ΙΟΥ TΗΣ KATΟΧΗΣ,
Ιστορικές μαρτυρίες, “Μαυριδης”, 2002
12. ΠAΛAΙΕΣ ΔΟΞAΣ ΙΕΣ TΩΝ KΥΘΗΡΩΝ,
Λαογραφική Ερευρνα, “Μαυριδης”, 2003
13. ΦΩTA ΠΟΡΕΙAΣ,
Ποίηση, “Aδελφοί Βλάσση”, 2005
14. ΟΙ ΥΔΡΟΜΥΛΟΙ TΩΝ KΥΘΗΡΩΝ,
“Λαογραφική Ερευρνα, Aδελφοί Βλάσση”, 2005