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 Axion Esti "regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry".
Also inDeutsch
Photos 2
Awards 2
Connected to Odysseas 6
Vicente AleixandreAlso won Nobel Prize in Literature
Arnold J. ToynbeeAlso won doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
Vigdís FinnbogadóttirAlso won doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
Jon FosseAlso won Nobel Prize in Literature
Giulio AndreottiAlso won doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
Erik Axel KarlfeldtAlso won Nobel Prize in LiteratureAbout this person
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 Axion Esti "regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry". In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.