He graduated from the School of Secondary Education of the great demoticist Dim. He then studied at the Athens Law School. At the same time he worked as a proofreader for the newspaper Kathimerini and Chronika. He also worked as an employee of the Ministry of National Economy. After graduation he worked as a lawyer and as an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Bank.

In 1920 he made his first appearance as a poet and from then on he started writing literature. He wrote articles in many magazines and newspapers, such as Nea Estia, Efthini, Vima and Eleftheria. He wrote using the pseudonym Petros Valmas until 1949 . He also used other pseudonyms, such as Petros Axiotis and Pavlos Harmidis. He was honoured by the Academy of Athens in 1977 for his collection of short stories The Dull Eyes. He also won the First State Prize for short stories in 1986. Since 1980 he was for several years President of the National Society of Greek Writers, but he was also a member of the Linguistic Society, the Society of Administrative Studies and the Hellenic Folklore Society. Many of his works have been translated into English, French, Spanish and Danish.

What characterizes his work is his existential anguish, the low tones, the sensitivity and the nostalgia of lost youth. He belongs to the post-war generation of prose writers, but he continues the Greek psychography and ethnography begun by our leading writers Papadiamantis and Vizyinos.

We selectively mention : Spiritual Freedom, Greek Themes, Autumn countryside, The first acquaintance, Forms, Journeys to the past, Memoirs of a gentleman, etc.

He was a member of the Council of the Grand Lodge of Greece.