Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world ...
Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. He is one of the most praised poets of the second half of the twentieth century, with his... Wikipedia
Born: November 2, 1911, Heraklion, Greece
Died: March 18, 1996 (age 84 years), Athens, Greece
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Parents: Maria Vrana and Panagiotis Alepoudelis
Literary movement: Romantic modernism, Generation of the '30s
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Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis was born Odysseus Alepoudelis, in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, on November 2, 1911.
Descendant of an old family of Lesbos, he was born in Heraclion (Candia) on the island of Crete, November 2, 1911. Some time later his family settled ...
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Elytis' poems celebrate the vitality and vibrancy of the Aegean landscape, the energies of man and his soul and the spirit of nature. He uses the power of ...
Oct 29, 2024 · Odysseus Elytis was a Greek poet and winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature. Born the scion of a prosperous family from Lesbos, ...
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979 was awarded to Odysseus Elytis for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous ...
Odysseas Elytis was born in Crete in 1911 and at age eighteen he heard “a secret voice” that led him to abandon everything for his art.
This volume contains translations of two late collections by the Greek Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis. The Oxopetra Elegies, which he published in November 1991 ...
Oct 9, 2023 · Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is regarded as one of Greece's major poets and a major exponent of romantic modernism.
Author Details: Born in Heraklion, republic of Crete on November 02, 1911. Died on March 18, 1996. Quotes: But you must know that only he who fights the ...