Mirat's childhood was overshadowed by the divorce of his parents and the separation of their seven children in dramatic circumstances. By a court decision, Mirat "went" to his father. Away from his mother, he grew up as a teenager “simple, naive, good-natured, wasteful and crazy. All the qualities of a bohemian and, above all, prone to eroticism to disgust. His erotic adventure with a young Englishwoman led to a scandal, and for a while, until history is forgotten, he left for Alexandria. He was hired as an inspector at a stone quarry in Cairo, where he was horrified by the hard labor conditions in which the Egyptian workers worked. Returning to Smyrna, he tried to pursue a commercial career, like other members of his family, until he became interested in theater
Mirat's childhood was overshadowed by the divorce of his parents and the separation of their seven children in dramatic circumstances. By a court decision, Mirat "went" to his father. Away from his mother, he grew up as a teenager “simple, naive, good-natured, wasteful and crazy. All the qualities of a bohemian and, above all, prone to eroticism to disgust. His erotic adventure with a young Englishwoman led to a scandal, and for a while, until history is forgotten, he left for Alexandria. He was hired as an inspector at a stone quarry in Cairo, where he was horrified by the hard labor conditions in which the Egyptian workers worked. Returning to Smyrna, he tried to pursue a commercial career, like other members of his family, until he became interested in theater