Odysseas Elytis - Wikipedia
WEBOdysseas 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 …
Odysseus Elytis | Poetry Foundation
WEBNobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis was born Odysseus Alepoudelis, in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, on November 2, 1911. To avoid any association with his wealthy family of soap manufacturers, he later changed his surname to reflect those things he most treasured.
Odysseus Elytis | Nobel Prize, Modern Greek Poetry ... - Britannica
WEBMar 14, 2024 · Odysseus Elytis (born Nov. 2, 1911, Iráklion, Crete [now in Greece]—died March 18, 1996, Athens, Greece) was a Greek poet and winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature. Born the scion of a prosperous family from Lesbos, he abandoned the family name as a young man in order to dissociate his writing from the family soap business.
Odysseas Elytis - New World Encyclopedia
WEBOdysseas Elytis ( Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης) (November 2, 1911 – March 18, 1996) was a Greek poet, considered as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Greece. Modernism, as a tendency, emerged in mid-nineteenth century Western Europe.
Elytis, Odysseus | Encyclopedia.com
WEBOdysseus Elytis. BORN: 1911, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. DIED: 1996, Athens, Greece. NATIONALITY: Greek. GENRE: Poetry, nonfiction. MAJOR WORKS: Orientations (1939) The Axion Esti (1959) Maria Nefeli (1978) The Little Mariner (1988) West of …
From Axion Esti: The Genesis by Odysseus Elytis | Poetry Magazine
WEBFrom Axion Esti: The Genesis. By Odysseus Elytis. JSTOR and the Poetry Foundation are collaborating to digitize, preserve, and extend access to Poetry. Source: Poetry (October 1964) Browse all issues back to 1912.
Greek Poet Odysseas Elytis Depicted Struggle for Freedom
WEBOct 9, 2023 · Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, 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 most of his works have been translated into many languages.
The Presence by Odysseus Elytis | Poetry Foundation
WEBThe Presence. By Odysseus Elytis. Translated by Olga Broumas. MARIA NEFELE: I walk in thorns in the dark. of what’s to happen and what has. with my only weapon my only defense. my nails purple like cyclamens. ANTIPHONIST: I saw her everywhere. Holding a glass and staring in space. Lying down. listening to records.
The collected poems of Odysseus Elytis : Elytēs, Odysseas, 1911 …
WEBMar 9, 2020 · xlii, 595 pages ; 24 cm "In awarding Odysseus Elytis the 1979 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy declared that he had been selected "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clearsightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness."" "The Collected …
ODYSSEAS ELYTIS | Program of Modern Greek Studies
WEBJun 18, 2015 · This volume contains translations of two late collections by the Greek Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis. The Oxopetra Elegies, which he published in November 1991 at the age of eighty, was immediately hailed as one of his finest works.
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