Stavrianos Vistiaris

Stavrianos Vistiaris (Greek: Σταυριανός Βιστιάρης, 16th-17th century), was a Greek poet born in the village of Malcani,^[1] in modern Sarande District, a region of Albania that Greeks refer to as Northern Epirus.

He became renowned because of his extensive epic poem: Braveries of the noble and valiant voevode Michael (Greek: Ανδραγαθίες του ευσεβεστάτου και ανδρειωτάτου Μιχαήλ Βοεβόδα).^[2] The poem was written around 1602 in a medieval Greek dialect; at the time Vistiaris was working at the court of the ruler of Wallachia, Michael the Brave.

The work describes the personality and life of the Wallachian ruler.

References

1. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization M. V. Sakellariou. Ekdotike Athenon, 1997 ISBN 960-213-371-6, p. 410
2. Greece and the Balkans: identities, perceptions and cultural encounters since the Enlightenment. Dēmētrēs Tziovas, Dimítris Tzióvas. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003 ISBN 0-7546-0998-7, p. 69.