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Odysseas Elytis

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Also known as Odysseas Elytes, Odisseas Elitis

Greek poet and art critic (1911–1996)

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Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet and art critic who lived from 1911 to 1996 and is considered one of the most important figures in modern Greek literature. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979, bringing international recognition to Greek poetry and cementing his influence on twentieth-century literature.

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Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) 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 Axion Esti "regarded as a…

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature1979

    “for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness”

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Greece
Place of birth
Heraklion
Place of death
Athens
Occupation
writer
Educated at
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Languages spoken
Greek
Native language
Greek
Movement
Thirties Generation
Image
Odysseas Elytis 1974.jpg
Work location
Paris
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Odysseas Elytis
date of birth
1911-11-02
date of death
1996-03-18
birth name
Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλης
ethnic group
Greeks
place of burial
First Cemetery of Athens
name in native language
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
pseudonym
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης
writing language
Greek
archives at
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
influenced by
World War II
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Odysseas Elytis, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Odysseas Elytis (/ɛˈliːtɪs/; Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης [oðiˈseas eˈlitis], pen name of Odysseas Alepoudelis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) 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 Axion Esti "regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry". In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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