Pantelis Horn was a Greek

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 naval officer and playwright, one of the few Greek writers of the early 20th century who devoted themselves solely to theatre. He produced works in the naturalist

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 style.

Horn was born in Trieste

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 to an Austria

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n emigrant father. Horn also served as an officer in the Hellenic Navy

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, graduating in 1899 from the Hellenic Naval Academy

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. As a Commander, he was one of the first Navy officers to be transferred to the newly constituted Hellenic Coast Guard

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, where he remained for the remainder of his career, retiring on 28 October 1926 with the rank of Rear Admiral.

His son Dimitris Horn

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would go on to become a well-known actor.

Works

Horn wrote more than thirty plays during his career, including:

• The Outsider (1906)
• Petroharides (The Stonecutters; 1908), Horn's performance debut
• To Fintanaki (The Sapling or The Young Plant; 1921), a "considerable hit"
• Flantro (1935), about an aristocratic widow