Mimis Traiforos

Mimis Traiforos
Μίμης Τραϊφόρος
Born	Dimitrios Traiforos (1912-05-18)18 May 1912 Piraeus, Greece
Died	28 March 1998(1998-03-28) (aged 85) Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
Resting place	First Cemetery of Athens
Citizenship	Greece
Education	National Theatre of Greece Drama School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLB)
Occupations	Lyricist writer director poet songwriter
Years active	1934–1998
Spouses	Sofia Vembo ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1978)​ Crystal
Children	1 (adopted)

Dimitrios Traiforos (Greek: Δημήτριος Τραϊφόρος; 18 May 1912 – 28 March 1998) was a Greek lyricist, writer, director, poet, and songwriter.

In 1934 he collaborated as an actor with Attik and later in 1940 with singer Sofia Vembo, his future wife. Some of Vembo's best successes were of his lyrics. Also, notable composers of the era collaborated with him, such as Giorgos Mouzakis, Manos Hatzidakis, Michalis Souyioul and Kostas Giannidis.

He worked also as a theatrical writer and wrote many revues.

He died at Evangelismos Hospital on 28 March 1998, at age 85.