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odysseas elytis in 1974 heraklion , greece nobel prize in literature 1979 greek 2 november 1911 odysseas elytis 1974.jpg odysseas elytis
 odysseas elytis
odysseas elytis

odysseas elytis -lrb- , pen name of odysseas alepoudellis , ; november 2 , 1911 -- march 18 , 1996 -rrb- was regarded as a major exponent of romantic modernism in greece and the world .
in 1979 he was awarded the nobel prize in literature .
