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  1. The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis by Odysseus Elytis, 2004-11-17
  2. Odysseus Elytis: Selected Poems 1940-1979 by Odysseus Elytis, 2005-03-01
  3. Orientations to the Aegean: Photographic Poetics-a Photographic Approach to Odysseus Elytis's Book of Poetry 'Orientations' by Dimitris {Photography By} With Lina Lichnara {Introduction By} And Kimon Friar {Translation} Talianis, 1987-01-01
  4. The Axion Esti (Pitt Poetry Series) by Odysseus Elytis, 1974-11-11
  5. Odysseus Elytis: Analogies of Light by Ivask, 1981-03
  6. Odysseus Elytis: 2 by Odysseus Elytis, 1981-12-02
  7. Elytis, The Poems of Odysseus by Odysseus Elytis, 1981-12-17
  8. Odysseus Elytis: Selected Poems by Odysseus Elytis, 1981-11-26
  9. The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems. by Odysseus. Elytis, 1974
  10. Maria Nephele: A Poem in Two Voices by Odysseus Elytis, 1981-08-26
  11. Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems by Odysseus Elytis, 1990-01-01
  12. Walt Whitman & Odysseus Elytis by Katerina Andriotis Ph.D., 2010-03-23
  13. Odysseus Elytis: Selected Poems by Odysseus Elytis, 1991-09-26
  14. Carte Blanche: Selected Writings by Odysseus Elytis (Greek Poetry Archive) by O. Elytis, 1999-08-01

1. Elytis Odysseus
Greece 1911 1996. Odysseus Elytis, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in The collected poems of Odysseus Elytis Trans. Jeffrey Carson.Baltimore John Hopkins
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[Greece] 1911–1996 Odysseus Elytis, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Heraklion, Crete, in 1911 and died in Athens in 1996. A major poet in the Greek language, Elytis is also one of the most outstanding international figures of 20th-century poetry. In his work, modernist European poetics and Greek literary tradition are fused in a highly original lyrical voice. Elytis became acquainted with French surrealist poetry in the ´30s and was captivated by surrealism´s affirmation of feeling and the subconscious self, its rejection of traditional forms and rigid modes of poetical expression. An advocate of free verse, he discarded established verse forms and conventions considering them to be "vessels for the containment of the most heterogenous material". He believed that poetical content determines an inventible form and he was dismissive of rhyme which he described as "lulling" and "superficial delight". But he did not adopt surrealism´s free associations and automatic writing as proclaimed by Andre Breton. His is a mild and controlled surrealism, the syntax in his poems is not violated and, thanks to his talent, the juxtaposition of images is coherent and pleasurable. These qualities are manifest in his first collections of poetry (

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3. Odysseus Elytis
Odysseus Elytis. Odysseus Elytis, penname for Odysseus Alepoudhiéis, wasborn in 1911 at Herakleion in Crete. ODYSSEUS ELYTIS. Greece Translation.
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Deeply felt experiences from the war lie behind the work that made Elytis famous as one of the most prominent poets of the Greek resistance and struggle for freedom: Ásma iroikó ke pénthimo yia ton haméno anthipolohaghó tis Alvanías (Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign) 1945.
After the war Elytis was engaged in various public assignments (among other things he was head of programs at the radio) and, apart from literary and art criticism, published very little for more than ten years. The work begun in 1948, To Áxion Estí (Worthy It Is), did not appear until 1959. The years 1948-52 he spent in Paris and travelling. He came in close contact with writers like Breton, Eluard, Char, Jouve and Michaux and with artists such as Matisse , Picasso and Giacometti. The poetic cycle To Áxion Estí (with introductory words taken from the Greek-Orthodox liturgy) has come to be recognized as Elytis’ greatest work. It has been translated into several languages and in 1960 was awarded the National Prize in Poetry. It was set to music by Míkis Theodorákis in 1964.
Of later works - in several cases illustrated by the author himself or by his friends Picasso, Matisse, Ghika, Tsarouchis and others - can be mentioned: Exi ke miá típsis yia ton uranó (Six and One Remorses for the Sky) 1960, O ílios o iliátoras (The Sovereign Sun) and To monoghramma (The Monogram), both 1971, Ta ro tou érota (The Ro of Eros) 1972, Villa Natacha 1973, Maria Neféli 1979, and the collection of essays with a personal touch Anihtá hártia (Open Book) 1974. “Selected Writings;” (with collages by the author) recently appeared, and no less than three entirely new works await publication.

4. Odysseus Elytis
Odysseus Elytis Biography of the Nobel Literature Laureate 1979 his works,Nobel Address and poetry available in translation. Odysseus Elytis.
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Nobel Lecture 1979 Works in Translation Nobel Prize Links Odysseus Elytis , pen-name for Odysseus Alepoudhiéis, was born in 1911 at Herakleion in Crete. The family, which originally came from Lesbos, moved in 1914 to Athens, where Elytis, after leaving school, began to read law. He broke off his studies, however, and devoted himself entirely to his literary and artistic interests. He got to know the foremost advocate in Greece of surrealism, the poet Andreas Embirikos, who became his lifelong friend. As time went on impulses from Embirikos and others became merged with Elytis' Greek-Byzantine cultural tradition. In 1935 he published his first poems in the magazine Nea Ghrammata (New Letters) and also took part - with collages - in the first international surrealist exhibition arranged that year in Athens. In 1936 and 1937, in the magazine Macedonian Days followed a collection of poems with the title Orientations, in book form 1939, Hourglass of the Unknown and, in 1943, Sun the First. Deeply felt experiences from the war lie behind the work that made Elytis famous as one of the most prominent poets of the Greek resistance and struggle for freedom: Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign 1945.

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Born the scion of a prosperous Cretan family, he abandoned the family name as a young man in order to dissociate his writing from the family soap business. Elytis studied law at Athens University and periodically worked in the family business. Intrigued by French Surrealism, and particularly by the poet Paul Eluard, he began publishing verse in the 1930s, notably in Nea grammata. This avant-garde magazine was a prime vehicle for the "Generation of the '30s," an influential school that included George Seferis, who in 1963 became the first Greek Nobel laureate for literature. Elytis' earliest poems exhibited a strong individuality of tone and setting within the Surrealist mode. The volume Prosanatolismoi (Orientations), published in 1940, is a collection of his works to that date. When Nazi Germany occupied Greece in 1941, Elytis joined the antifascist resistance to the Italians in Albania. He became something of a bard among young Greeks; one of his poems, Asma heroiko kai penthimo gia ton chameno anthypolochago tes Alvanias (1945; "Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign"), became an anthem to the cause of freedom. After the war he lapsed into literary silence for almost 15 years, returning to print in 1959 with To Axion Esti ("Worthy It Is"; The Axion Esti), a long poem reminiscent of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself.

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8. Odysseus Elytis Odysseas Elytes Eros Eros Eros: Selected Last Poems
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Odysseus Elytis. Odysseus Elytis Life and works. Odysseus Elytis Biography.elytis odysseus Biography and selected poems by Elytis.
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Modern Greek Poetry Collections of Poems translated in English. POETRY Greece Online magasines of contemporary Greek poetry translated in English. Greek Poetry in English translation Representative poems of Odysseus Elytis, Nikos Gatsos, and Konstantinos Kavafis. Modern Greek Poets Several poem translations. Athenian School of Poetry Translated poems. Welcome to Greek Poetry A wonderful collection of Greek poems in English. English translations of Greek love poems. Poets Konstantinos P. Kavafis. Constantine P. Cavafy Biography and a collection of poems by Kavafis. The poems also appear in Greek. Two of them (well, my favourite ones!) are in audio files read by Mr. Barbanis. Konstantinos Kavafis A biography. Constantine Cavafy, Kavafis Short biography. Greek Literature and Poetry - Constantine Cavafy, Kavafis A collection of poems. Artificial Flowers One more collection of poems by Kavafis in English. Some poems of C.P. Kavafis

10. Odysseus Elytis - Rare Books
Odysseus Elytis. The Axion Esti. 105250 $125 Odysseus Elytis. The AxionEsti. University of Pittsburgh 1974, 159 pages. 1st American Edition.
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Odysseus Elytis The Axion Esti. University of Pittsburgh: 1974, 159 pages. 1st American Edition. Hardbound, patterned binding. Faint evidence of pencil erasures to a few passages. Very good with a price-clipped dust jacket in very good condition. An attractive copy. Eminent Greek poet, Elytis was the 1979 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature. This is considered by many to be the best of his efforts, a spiritual autobiography. Translated by Edmund Keeley and George Savidis. $125 Check Availability
The Sovereign Sun, Selected Poems.
Odysseus Elytis The Sovereign Sun, Selected Poems.
Temple University: 1974, 200 pages. First Edition. Previous owner's name inked neatly inside. Hardbound in cloth binding. Near fine with a dust jacket in near fine condition. Eminent Greek poet, Elytis was the 1979 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature. This was the poet's first extensive collection translated into English. With introduction and notes by Kimon Friar, translator. $30 Check Availability Search for more rare books by Odysseus Elytis
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11. Odysseus Elytis - Biography
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Descendant of an old family of Lesbos, he was born in Heraclion (Candia) on the island of Crete, November 2, 1911. Some time later his family settled permanently in Athens where the poet finished his secondary school studies and later visited the Law School of the Athens University . His first appearance as a poet in 1935 through the magazine "Nea Grammata" ("New Culture") was saluted as an important event and the new style he introduced - though giving rise to a great many reactions - succeeded in prevailing and effectively contributing to the poetical reform commencing in the Second World War's eve and going on up to our days. He has twice been Programme Director of the Greek National Radio Foundation (1945-46 and 1953-54), Member of the National Theatre's Administrative Council, President of the Administrative Council of the Greek Radio and Television Service as well as Member of the Consultative Committee of the Greek National Tourist's Organisation on the Athens Festival. In 1960 he was awarded the First State Poetry Prize, in 1965 the Order of the Phoenix Brigade and in 1975 he was proclaimed Doctor Honoris Causa of the Philosophical School of the Thessaloniki University and Honorary Citizen of the Town of Mytilene. During the years 1948-1952 and 1969-1972 he settled in Paris. There, he listened to philology and literature lessons in the Sorbonne and got acquainted with the pioneers of the world's avant-garde (Reverdy, Breton, Tzara, Ungaretti, Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Giacometti). Starting from Paris he travelled and visited subsequently Switzerland, England, Italy and Spain. In 1948 he was the representative of Greece at the "International Meetings of Geneva", in 1949 at the Founding Congress of the "International Art Critics Union" in Paris and in 1962 at the "Incontro Romano della Cultura" in Rome.

12. Literature 1979
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13. Elytis, Odysseus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. elytis, odysseus. ( d´s s l´ t s´´, d s´ s) (KEY) , pseud. of odysseus Alepoudelis
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    Elytis, Odysseus O d E OO E t E O E u s] Pronunciation Key Elytis, Odysseus , pseud. of Odysseus Alepoudelis A p OO E s] , Greek poet, b. Iraklion, Crete. Strongly influenced by surrealism , especially the works of Paul , in the 1930s he began publishing individualistic and sensuous lyric poetry replete with imagery of the Aegean Islands. He fought with the antifascist resistance in World War II; after the war, his work retained an optimism tempered by violence and hardship. His most impressive work, 11 years in the writing, was To Axion Esti [Worthy It Is] (1959; tr. 1974). A three-part poem that fused the poet's personal experiences with evocations of Greek myth and history, it catapulted him to fame and became extremely popular with the Greek public, particularly those parts that were set to music. In 1979 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his works in English translation are the selected poems of The Sovereign Sun (1974) and What I Love The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

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Odysseus Elytis, left, receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1979 AP/Wide World Photos Nobel Prize for Literature Nea grammata. This avant-garde magazine was a prime vehicle for the "Generation of the '30s," an influential school that included George Seferis , who in 1963 became the first Greek Nobel laureate for literature. Elytis' earliest poems exhibited a strong individuality of tone and setting within the Surrealist mode. The volume Prosanatolismoi Orientations ), published in 1940, is a collection of his works to that date. When Nazi Germany occupied Greece in 1941, Elytis joined the antifascist resistance to the Italians in Albania. He became something of a bard among young Greeks; one of his poems, Asma heroiko kai penthimo gia ton chameno anthypolochago tes Alvanias (1945; "Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign"), became an anthem to the cause of freedom. After the war he lapsed into literary silence for almost 15 years, returning to print in 1959 with To Axion Esti ("Worthy It Is";

16. Odysseus Elytis Winner Of The 1979 Nobel Prize In Literature
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    Elytis, Odysseus O d E OO E t E O E u s] Pronunciation Key Elytis, Odysseus , pseud. of Odysseus Alepoudelis A p OO E s] , Greek poet, b. Iraklion, Crete. Strongly influenced by surrealism , especially the works of Paul , in the 1930s he began publishing individualistic and sensuous lyric poetry replete with imagery of the Aegean Islands. He fought with the antifascist resistance in World War II; after the war, his work retained an optimism tempered by violence and hardship. His most impressive work, 11 years in the writing, was To Axion Esti [Worthy It Is] (1959; tr. 1974). A three-part poem that fused the poet's personal experiences with evocations of Greek myth and history, it catapulted him to fame and became extremely popular with the Greek public, particularly those parts that were set to music. In 1979 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his works in English translation are the selected poems of The Sovereign Sun (1974) and What I Love The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

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