Odysseas Elytis

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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Person · Open Library

Born: 2 November 1911
Died: 18 March 1996
Works: 161

Top works

Dytika tēs lypēs
Picasso à Vallauris
Prosanatolismoi
Il metodo del dunque e altri saggi sul lavoro del poeta
Το Άξιον Εστί (To axion esti)

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Greece
Active from: 1911-11-02
Active to: 1996-03-18

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 51
Total plays: 174

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Quotes

“The Swedish Academy's decision (to award me the Nobel Prize in Literature) was not only an honor for me but for Greece and its history through the ages. I believe that it was a decision to bring international attention to the most ancient tradition in Europe, since from Homer's time to the present there has not been a single century during which poetry has not been written in the Greek language.”

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Commons category: Odysseas Elytis
date of birth: 1911-11-02
date of death: 1996-03-18
birth name: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλης
name in native language: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης
pseudonym: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης

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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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Article

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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