Odysseas Elytis

Poet, Author

1911 – 1996

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Who was Odysseas Elytis?

Odysseas Elytis was regarded as a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. In 1979 the Nobel Prize in Literature was bestowed on him.

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Born
Nov 2, 1911
Heraklion
Also known as
  • Odysseas Elytēs
  • Odysseus Elytis
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • Greece
Profession
Education
  • Sorbonne
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Lived in
  • Crete
Died
Mar 18, 1996
Athens

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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