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Odysseas Elytis
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.

More by Odysseas Elytis

  • 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→

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