Author: Odysseas Elytis
Alternate names: Odysseas Elytēs; Odysseus Elytis; Odysseas Elytēs; Odysseus ELYTIS; Odysseas Elyt-Es; O. Elytis; Oddyseos ELYTIS; Odysseas Elytes; Odyssea Elytis; Odysseas ElytÕes; elytis odysseas 1911-1996 / ελύτης οδυσσέας 1911-1996; ODYSSEUS ELYTIS; Odysseas Elitis
Born: 2 November 1911
Died: 18 March 1996
Bio: 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)