Odysseas Elytis 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, with his... Wikipedia
Born: November 2, 1911, Heraklion, Greece
Died: March 18, 1996 (age 84 years), Athens, Greece
Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Parents: Panagiotis Alepoudelis and Maria Vrana
Literary movement: Romantic modernism, Generation of the '30s
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