Odysseas Elytis
Greek poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1979. The Axion Esti is his masterpiece, a celebration of Greek light, landscape, and the experience of the Second World War.
Works
- Orientations
- Sun the FirstModernist poem celebrating light, nature, and Greek landscape consciousness
- Heroic and Elegiac SongEpic poem blending heroic and elegiac modes in twentieth century verse
- The Axion EstiMajor epic poem celebrating Orthodox faith and modern Greek identity
- Maria NefeliModernist verse exploring dialogue between tradition and contemporary city life