Known as the "Poets Island" Siphnos has given birth to such poets as Ioannis Gryparis, Cleanthis Triantaphillou (also known as Rambaya), Aristomenis Provelengios, Stelios and Theodosios Sperantzas, Titos Patrikios , and Nikos G. Stafilopatis, the editor of the Anthology of Siphnian Poets the collection of folklore songs and carols which won the Greek Academy's Prize, as well as the playwrighter Manolis Korres, the folklorist Manos Philippakis, the journalist and literary author Georgios X. Manjouranis, and the academics and authors Nikos Kalmaris, Antonios G. Troullos and, among many others, G.B. Prokos.