Odysseas Elytis

"If you cannot find springtime, you invent it." Silent until now, Greece's poets on Wednesday added their voice to protests against austerity measures imposed on the country in return for EU-IMF loans. Some 1,000 self-styled "children of Homer", the epic...

The centenary from Odysseas Elytis’ birth was grandiosely celebrated in Rome Monday, in an event co-organized by the La Sapienzia University of Rome, the Greek Embassy in Italy and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture. Among other events, a symposium was...

The Museum of Natural History of Geneva will celebrate the centenary of Greek Novel laureate poet Odysseus Elytis’ birth by hosting a poetical and musical night on November 18, 2011, based on the poet's work. The event is co-organized by...

Τhis year marks one hundred years since the birth of  Greek Nobel laureate poet, Odysseas Elytis. The Hellenic Ministry of Culture decided to pay tribute to the Greek poet by declaring the year 2011 “Elytis’ Year” and assigning the...