Odysseas Elytis

Also known as

Odysseas ElytēsOdysseus ElytisOdysseas ElytēsO. ElytisOddyseos ELYTISOdyssea ElytisOdysseas ElytÕeselytis odysseas 1911-1996 / ελύτης οδυσσέας 1911-1996Odysseas Elitis

Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης [oðiˈseas eˈlitis], pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) was a Greek poet, essayist and translator, regarded as a major 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. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseas_Elytis)

Born 1911-11-02

Died 1996-03-18