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Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic (1911–1996)

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Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet and art critic who lived from 1911 to 1996 and is considered one of the most important figures in modern Greek literature. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979, bringing international recognition to Greek poetry and cementing his influence on twentieth-century literature.

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Odysseas Elytis (/ɛˈliːtɪs/; 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.

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