George or Giorgos or Giorgis or Georgios Pavlopoulos as known in the literature field, was born in Pyrgos, on the west coast of the Peloponnese in Greece.
Before World War II Pyrgos was a rich provincial centre and Pavlopoulos's father ran a local restaurant and cake shop.
He was educated at primary and secondary levels in Pyrgos, a childhood illness left him permanently lame.
[1] He attended the School of Law at the University of Athens[2] He did not complete his degree and returned to Pyrgos where he worked as book-keeper and secretary for the local bus company.
His poetry has been translated into other languages, including: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish.