His mother, Angeliki Yiannopoulou, was born in Agoulinitsa (today Epitalio) to a family who fought in the Greek War of Independence in 1821.
Although Kokkinos briefly studied medicine at the University of Athens, he ended up abandoning this path in favor of history, journalism, and literature.
[2] During his career, Kokkinos worked for the newspapers Akropolis, Kathimerini, Patrida, Proteifousa, Hellenic, Proia, and Ethnos, fulfilling at times the roles of chronicler, correspondent, and philological collaborator.
His other works are: The Lady with the White Horse (1922), The Secret Nest (1924), Illigos (1932), Alexis the coachman (1934), A rifle in the blue water (1935), and Hunted by the world (1937).
In addition, Kokkinos wrote a series of theatrical dialogues which were published in a volume in 1924 under the title Theater of Life.