ODYSSEUS ELYTIS

1979 Nobel Laureate in Literature

for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.

1911-1996
Residence: Greece
Real Name: Odysseus Alepoudhelis

• Books by Odysseus Elytis
• The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis

• Obituary

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Nobel News Links

• A Poem in Two Voices by Odysseus Elytis (book review)

• extracts from Maria Nephele (French translation) (submitted by Marie-Paule Cobert)
• movie to be produced about the Greek immigrant experience and the Nobel Prize (submitted by Dean Christakis)
• Rutgers University Course on Odysseus Elytis (submitted by Marinos C. Pourgouris)
• yitikulke - Turkish & Translated poetry (submitted by Kadir Aydemir)

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