Writing · Writer
Born Nov 2, 1911 · Heraklio - Crete - Greece
Active 1979–1996 · Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of…