Odysseas Elytis

Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive 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".

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Who was born first?

• Odysseas Elytis and Max Frisch were born the same year
• Odysseas Elytis and Emil Cioran were born the same year
• Odysseas Elytis and Marshall McLuhan were born the same year
• Odysseas Elytis and John Langshaw Austin were born the same year
• Odysseas Elytis and Viktor Nekrasov were born the same year

Timeline

1. Emil CioranApril 8, 1911 – June 20, 1995
2. John Langshaw AustinMarch 26, 1911 – February 8, 1960
3. Marshall McLuhanJuly 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980
4. Max FrischMay 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991
5. Odysseas Elytis (this page)November 2, 1911 – March 18, 1996
6. Viktor NekrasovJune 4, 1911 – September 3, 1987

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