Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, (November 2, 1911—March 18, 1996) is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and worldwide.
In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and...
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 Thursday.
Elytis is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and a major exponent of romantic...
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Nobel prize-winning poet will be honored in a presentation by Dr. Anthony Dracopoulos, titled "Odysseas Elytis: The Language of Poetry and the Sanctity of Light," in the framework of the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney.
Odysseas Elytis' 40 year poetry career...
