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Yiannis Ritsos

1909 - 1990

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Yiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος [ˈritsos]; 1 May 1909 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been called "the great poet of the Greek left". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yiannis Ritsos is the 150th most popular social activist (up from 159th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Greece (up from 288th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Social Activist.

Yiannis Ritsos is most famous for his poetry, which he wrote while imprisoned in Greece during World War II.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Yiannis Ritsos ranks 150 out of 840. Before him are Alfred Naujocks, Abbé Pierre, Cesar Chavez, Sergey Nechayev, George Stinney, and Vlado Chernozemski. After him are Beppe Grillo, Ilya Ulyanov, Bertha Pappenheim, Frances Willard, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and Judas of Galilee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Yiannis Ritsos ranks 46. Before him are Leo Fender, Alain Poher, Virginia Apgar, Tokizo Ichihashi, Jessica Tandy, and Hélder Câmara. After him are László Rajk, Vicente Feola, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Marguerite Perey, Otto Kumm, and Alexander Pechersky. Among people deceased in 1990, Yiannis Ritsos ranks 43. Before him are Bruno Kreisky, Lawrence Durrell, Sergio Corbucci, Jacques Demy, Boris Shcherbina, and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni. After him are Ugo Tognazzi, Angelo Schiavio, Capucine, Viktor Tsoi, Ivan Serov, and Aaron Copland.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Yiannis Ritsos ranks 261 out of 1,024. Before him are Konstantin Dejanović (1355), Archidamus II (-450), Theodore Stratelates (281), Timon of Phlius (-320), Thrasybulus (-440), and Eudemus of Rhodes (-370). After him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), Conon of Samos (-280), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Greece

Among social activists born in Greece, Yiannis Ritsos ranks 2. Before him are Pheidippides (-600). After him are Campaspe (-400), and Mentor of Rhodes (-380).

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