All about Zakynthos

Dinos Konomos (1918-1990), scholar, historian and writer, was systematically involved in the promotion in various ways of the historical and cultural image of Zakynthos. He published his first book in Zakynthos during the Occupation, which was dedicated to the memory of his friend, the poet Spyros Gkouskos. In 1945, he created the folklore, historical and literary magazine 'Eptanisiaka Fylla', which he directed until his death, and which was later continued by the philologist Dionysis Serras.

After 1953, Konomos settled in Athens. He worked for many years at the Library of the Parliament, where he rescued from destruction the Archives of the National War of Independence, which he deposited. His life's work was the multi-volume publication Zakynthos (Five Hundred Years). He was honoured for his contribution by various institutions, including the Academy of Athens twice, in 1965 for the books he had published the previous year on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the union of the Ionian Islands, and later for all his work. 

Dinos Konomos died in a London hospital on 9 November 1990 of a heart attack and was buried in Zakynthos. His rich and valuable library was donated to the Municipality of Zakynthos. He left a voluminous oeuvre (66 volumes of books, 11 volumes of the 'Eptanisiaka Fylla', etc.).