Ελύτης Οδυσσέας (1911–1996)

Author of The Axion Esti

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Odysseus Elytis was born Odysseus Alepoudelis in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece on November 2, 1911. In 1935, he published his first poem in the magazine Nea Grammata (New Culture). His first volume of poetry, Prosanatolizmi (Orientations), was published in 1936. His other show more works include Sun the First, The Monogram, The Oxopetra Elegies, and Maria Nefeli. To Axion Esti (Worthy It Is) won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1960. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979. He died on March 18, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Ελύτης Οδυσσέας

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The Axion Esti (1959) 162 copies, 7 reviews

The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis (1981) 56 copies

Eros, Eros, Eros: Selected & Last Poems (1997) 48 copies

The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems (1974) 43 copies

Odysseus Elytis : selected poems (1981) 41 copies

Maria Nephele: A Poem in Two Voices (1978) 40 copies

Penguin Modern European Poets : Four Greek Poets (1966) — Author — 40 copies

(Offering) My Cards To Sight (1973) 26 copies

The Little Mariner (1988) 25 copies, 1 review

Le Monogramme (1997) 25 copies

Odysseus Elytis: Selected Poems 1940-1979 (2007) 23 copies

What I Love (1986) 20 copies

Dignum est (1980) 15 copies

Ποίηση (2002) 13 copies

Κριτικές 12 copies

The Trills of Love (1973) 10 copies

prosanatolismoi / προσανατολισμοί (1998) 9 copies

Ausgewählte Gedichte (1980) 8 copies

Dignum est y otros poemas (2008) 8 copies

The Aegean: The Epicentre of Greek Civilization (M library of art) (1992) 8 copies

De amandel van de wereld drie gedichten onder gelegenheidsvlag (1987) 6 copies

Ποιήματα 5 copies

Σαπφώ (1996) 5 copies

Il metodo del dunque e altri saggi sul lavoro del poeta (1995) 5 copies

Εν λευκώ (1993) 5 copies

Δυτικά της λύπης (2004) 5 copies

Sole, il primo 5 copies, 1 review

imerologio enos atheatou apriliou (1984) 4 copies

Ο Ήλιος ο Ηλιάτορας 4 copies

Αναφορά στον Ανδρέα Εμπειρίκο 4 copies

Le opere: poesia, prosa (1989) 4 copies

In the Name of Luminosity and Transparency (2016) 4 copies

Elegias de Oxopetra (Spanish Edition) (1999) 4 copies, 1 review

Syn tois allois : 37 synenteuxeis (2011) 3 copies

Πεζά 3 copies

Ανοιχτά Χαρτιά (1996) 3 copies

Le Soleil Sait (2015) 3 copies

The Oxopetra Elegies and West of Sorrow (2014) 3 copies

È presto ancora (2000) 3 copies

Έκ του πλησίον (1998) 3 copies

Σαπφώ : Ανασύνθεση και απόδοση (1997) 3 copies

Journal of an Unseen April (1998) 3 copies

Οδυσσέας Ελύτης 1911-1996 (1996) 2 copies

Poesie (2021) 2 copies

Orientacions: Traducció i pròleg de Pau Sabaté. Edició bilingüe. (2022) 2 copies

Voie privée (2005) 2 copies

Lieder der Liebe : neugriech. u. dt. (1981) 2 copies

ilios o protos / ήλιος ο πρώτος (1996) 2 copies

Six plus un remords pour le ciel / poèmes d'Odysseus Elytis ; texte français de F.B. Mâche ; frontispice de Jacques Hérold (1996) 2 copies

Οδυσσέας Ελύτης: Ο Ναυτίλος του Αιώνα (2011) 2 copies

Έξη και μία τύψεις για τον ουρανό 2 copies

Μεταφραστικά 2 copies

Σαπφώ 2 copies

ANTES QUE NADA LA POESIA. LAS MUCHACHAS (1998) 2 copies

Canto heroico y funebre por el Subteniente caido en Albania (Faciendo la via del calatraveno) (Spanish Edition) (1980) 2 copies

The Sovereign Sun (1974) 2 copies

Ausgewählte Gedichte: Neugriechisch und deutsch. Ausgewählt und übertragen von Barbara Vierneisel-Schlörb und Antigone Kasolea. Mit einem Nachwort ... Auswahl… (2016) 2 copies

Temps enchaîné et temps délié (2001) 2 copies

Αυτοπροσωπογραφία 1 copy

Εκλογή 1935-1977 1 copy

Δηματολόγιο 1 copy

Τό ἄξιον ἐστί 1 copy

Τα ετεροθαλή (1974) 1 copy

Το δωμάτιο με τις εικόνες 1 copy

Le poesie di Saffo (2008) 1 copy

La materia leggera: pittura e purezza nell'arte contemporanea (2005) 1 copy

Tre poemetti sotto bandiera ombra (1993) 1 copy

"Sole il Primo" 1 copy

Cilgin Nar Agaci (2010) 1 copy

To axion esti – Gepriessen sei 1 copy

Ο ζωγράφος Θεόφιλος 1 copy

Οδυσσέας Ελύτης εκλογή 1935--1977 1 copy

Σηματολόγιον 1 copy

Τα ρω του έρωτα 1 copy

Το Μονόγραμμα 1 copy

Τό Ἄξιον Ἐστί: [Ποίημα] 1 copy

Τό φωτόδεντρο καί ἡ δέκατη τέταρτη ὀμορφιά: [Ποιήματα] 1 copy

Ἣλιος ὁ πρῶτος: Ποιήματα 1 copy

Τό Ἄξιον Ἐστί 1 copy

Ὁ ζωγράφος Θεόφιλος 1 copy

Το φωτόδεντρο και η δέκατη τέταρτη ομορφιά 1 copy

Τά ἑτεροθαλῆ 1 copy

Poemas 1 copy

Elytis’ Greece: An Anthology of His Prose Works 1 copy

ο ήλιος ο ηλιάτορας 1 copy, 1 review

Louvada Seja (Áxion Estí) (2004) 1 copy

Het Monogram ; Ten westen van het verdriet (2011) 1 copy

Έξη και μια τύψεις για τον ουρανό 1 copy

Τρία ποιήματα με σημαία ευκαιρίας (1992) 1 copy

Oxópetra. Westlich der Trauer (2001) 1 copy

Ιδιωτική οδός 1 copy

Axion Esti, L'Arbre Lucide Et La Quatorzième Beauté 1 copy

Verdig det er = To axion esti (1983) 1 copy

Αναφορά στον Ανδρέα Εμπειρίκο 1 copy

Antología fundamental (1981) 1 copy

Crónica de una década 1 copy

Antología (2000) 1 copy

Mikis Theodorakis : Axion esti (1985) 1 copy, 1 review

Världen den lilla, den stora (1982) 1 copy

Neue Gedichte (1998) 1 copy

Antología general (Alianza Tres (At)) (1989) 1 copy

To Axion esti : Verdig der er 1 copy

Printemps moins le quart (2011) 1 copy

L'espace de l'Egée (2015) 1 copy

L'R d'Éros 1 copy

The Axion Esti by Odysseus Elytis (2007-12-20) (1780) 1 copy

Axion esti : poème / Odysseus Elytis ; traduit du grec par Xavier Bordes et Robert Longueville ; introduction de Xavier Bordes 1 copy

Les Stèles du Céramique (2005) 1 copy

Vingt-quatre heures pour toujours (2004) 1 copy

Körper des Sommers : ausgewählte Gedichte ; neugriechisch und deutsch 1 copy

Ausgewählte Gedichte. Neugriechisch-Deutsch. (1979) 1 copy

Odysseas Elytis. Antología Inicial (2014) 1 copy

Κριναγόρας 1 copy

Die Träume: Wörter - Menschen - Orte (Kleine Griechische Bibliothek) (2004) 1 copy

Εκ του πλησίον 1 copy

Η ποδηλάτισσα (1991) 1 copy

Τα δημόσια και τα ιδιωτικά 1 copy

Τα ετεροθαλή 1 copy

Η μαγεία του Παπαδιαμάντη 1 copy

Ο κήπος με τις αυταπάτες 1 copy

El axion estí (2010) 1 copy

Il giardino che entrava in mare: poesie dal 1940 al 1996 (2004) 1 copy

Μαρία Νεφέλη: [Ποίηση] 1 copy

Glänzender Tag, Muschel der Stimme Gedichte 1 copy

Elegie : Elegie di Oxòpetra ; A occidente del dolore (2009) 1 copy

DIARIO DI UN INVISIBILE APRILE = Ημερολόγιο ενός αθέατου Απριλίου (1990) 1 copy

Antologia fundamental 1 copy

The Oxopetra elegies (1997) 1 copy

Sex och ett samvetskval för himlen (1979) 1 copy

Poemas 1 copy

Έξη και μια τύψεις για τον ουρανό (1994) 1 copy

Oxópetra Elegien / Westlich der Trauer - Späte Gedichte [griech.-dt.] (2001) 1 copy

La matière première du ciel, Yannis Tsarouchis (2021) 1 copy

Antología Fundamental 1 copy

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Canonical name: Elýtis, Odysséas
Other names: Alepoudhelis, Odysseus (birth name)
Birthdate: 1911-11-02
Date of death: 1996-03-18
Gender: male
Education: Athens University
Occupations: poet
Organizations: Greek Resistance (WWII)
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize (Literature, 1979)
Short biography: Odysseas Elytis, the winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most outstanding figures of 20th century poetry. Born in Crete, Elytis was the descendant of an old family of Lesbos, the island of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Elytis broke off his university studies in Law in order to devote himself to his literary and artistic interests. His life was marked by his participation in the Greek Resistance Army after the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1948 Elytis moved to Paris, attending philosophy lectures in Sorbonne and frequenting members of the world's avant-garde. His poetry became widely well-known after it was set to music by composer Mikis Theodorakis.
Nationality: Greece
Birthplace: Iraklion, Crete
Places of residence: Iraklion, Kreikka
Ateena, Kreikka
Pariisi, Ranska
Place of death: Athens, Greece
Associated Place (for map): Greece

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Dreesie 1,088 reviews

The Little Mariner by Odysseas Elytis

I read somewhere that this book, written after Elytis was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, is one of his works that is "more accessible to Western readers". Which really makes me wonder what his other works are like.

This book is very much about Greece. History (ancient and into the 20th century), nature, smells, boats, water, plants and foods. For me, it conjured up the Mediterranean coasts of Italy and France, because I have been there and have reference. But I don't know what hyssop show more smells like, or what the mountains look like, or how close together the islands are.

I found the notes in the back (unmarked in the text) halfway through my reading--and they are good, because I wasn't always sure what was a place name or a person's name. But a short note simply cannot give the full historical context.

I can imagine that Elytis was a very popular writer in Greece, and perhaps among readers/writers that have spent time in Greece. I can sense just enough to know I'm not getting everything he intended. show less

Oct 1, 2021

bookworm12 2,372 reviews

The Axion Esti (Pitt Poetry Series) by Ελύτης Οδυσσέας

“And Night, The violent
of an ancient Moon
sawed through by nostalgia”

“Oi, oi, mana mou.” - an exclamation of pain and grief addressed to one ‘s own mother, whether present or absent.

Jun 13, 20246 other reviews

marieke54 120 reviews

Lof zĳ (To áksion estí) by Ελύτης Οδυσσέας