Odysseus Elytis : selected poems
by Ελύτης Οδυσσέας
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A selection of the poetry of this winner of the Nobel Prize demonstrates the development of his writing from his early works to recent experimental poems.Tags
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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 works include Sun the First, The Monogram, The show more 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
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1981 (English collection) (English collection)
- Original language
- Modern Greek
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- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 889.132 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Modern Greek literature Poetry 1500-1821
- LCC
- PA5610 .E43 .A25 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Byzantine and modern Greek literature Individual authors
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