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Odysseas Elytis | |
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 Elytis in 1974 | |
| Born | Odysseas Alepoudellis 2 November 1911 Heraklion, Republic of Crete |
| Died | 18 March 1996 (aged 84) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | University of Athens (no degree)[1] |
| Literary movement | Romantic modernism, Generation of the '30s[2] |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1979 |
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Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης [oðiˈseas eˈlitis], 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,[3] with his Axion Esti "regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry".[4] In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.[5]
- ^ Nelly Ismailidou, "The path to being a successful person doesn't always go through college", To Vima, August 29, 2010.
- ^ Eleni Kefala (2007). Peripheral (Post) Modernity. Peter Lang. ISBN 0820486396. p. 160.
- ^ The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1997. pp. xv. ISBN 0-8018-4924-1.
- ^ Haviaras, Stratis (1991). "Review of Selected Poems, 1938-1988". Harvard Book Review (19/20): 18. ISSN 1080-6067. JSTOR 27545560.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
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