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Odysseas Elytis

1911 - 1996

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Odysseas Elytis (; Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης [oðiˈseas eˈlitis], pen name of Odysseas Alepoudelis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Odysseas Elytis is the 712th most popular writer (up from 813th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Greece (up from 194th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Greek Writer.

Odysseas Elytis is most famous for his poem "Axion Esti" which translates to "It Is All Right." The poem is a reflection on death and the poet's acceptance of it.

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Among writers, Odysseas Elytis ranks 712 out of 7,302. Before him are Georg Büchner, Multatuli, Cassiodorus, Patrick White, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Clarice Lispector. After him are Epicharmus of Kos, William F. Buckley Jr., John Irving, Mihai Eminescu, Alejo Carpentier, and Pierre Loti.

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Among people born in 1911, Odysseas Elytis ranks 39. Before him are Robert Johnson, Wilhelm Mohnke, Gian Carlo Menotti, Max Frisch, Klaus Fuchs, and Trygve Haavelmo. After him are Lê Đức Thọ, Richard Baer, Jules Dassin, Lee Yoo-hyung, Jean Harlow, and Joseph Barbera. Among people deceased in 1996, Odysseas Elytis ranks 27. Before him are Tiny Tim, Silvio Piola, Paul Erdős, René Lacoste, Sergiu Celibidache, and Adolf Galland. After him are Magda Schneider, William Vickrey, René Clément, Artur Axmann, Solomon Asch, and Ademir de Menezes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Odysseas Elytis ranks 180 out of 1,024. Before him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Porphyry of Gaza (347), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Chilon of Sparta (-600), and Antigonus II Gonatas (-319). After him are Leotychidas (-540), Yanis Varoufakis (1961), Cleomenes I (-600), Karolos Papoulias (1929), Jerry Falwell (1933), and Xanthippus (-590).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Odysseas Elytis ranks 21. Before him are Phaedrus (-20), Lysias (-445), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Longus (110), and Tyrtaeus (-700). After him are Jerry Falwell (1933), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), Agathias (536), Aelia Eudocia (401), Bacchylides (-490), and Periander (-700).

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