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The Troubled German Poet Who Truly Worshipped Greece
Friedrich Hölderlin was an important German Romantic lyric poet whose great work managed to bridge the Classical and Romantic traditions in literature and poetry...
Manuscripts From Greek National Poet Dionysios Solomos Exhibited in Athens
Conserved manuscripts from Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos are exhibited in Athens until the end of April.
Dionysios Solomos: The Greek Poet of Liberty
Dionysios Solomos, born on the island of Zakynthos in 1798, is rightly regarded as the National Poet of Greece for writing "Imnos eis tin...
When Greeks Defied the Nazis to Attend Great Poet Palamas’ Funeral
On a day like this on February 28 1943, Athens was mourning one of the nation's greatest poets: Kostis Palamas had died the day before.
The First African-American Poet and Her Love of Ancient Greece
In 1761, Phillis Wheatley, a young West African girl, was captured and brought to America on a slave ship. There Susanna Wheatley, wife of...
Giorgos Seferis: The First Greek Poet to Win the Nobel Prize
On December 10, 1963, Greek diplomat and poet Giorgos Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by King Gustav of Sweden.
Kostis Palamas, the Great Poet of Greece
Kostis Palamas was not only one of the major Greek poets of modern times. He was also one of the most inspiring figures of...
Sappho, the Ancient Greek Poet
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Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love mostly directed towards women. As new fragments of her work are found, a fuller picture of her...
Greek Poet Odysseas Elytis Depicted Struggle for Freedom
Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and worldwide.
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Greek Poet Odysseas Elytis Honored With New Museum in Athens
The opening of a new museum in Athens to preserve and display the work of Greek Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseas Elytis was announced on...