He was persecuted due to his political beliefs, especially during the Greek junta.
[2] Born in Makrakomi in 1931, he moved with his family to Kaisariani at age 4, where spent his childhood and his youth, and with which he was sentimentally connected, something which is apparent in his work.
Aged 19, and while he was studying in the Samaritan (nursing) School of the Hellenic Red Cross, he voluntarily helped the prisoners in Gyaros.
On 30 April 1954 he was arrested and sentenced to four years in jail, having to stop his studies in the Panteion University.
After the 1967 coup and the establishment of the junta, he was persecuted and jailed for one month for being a member of EDA (1960 – 67).