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Axion Esti - The Poetry Shop

University of Pittsburgh Press

Axion Esti

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The Axion Esti is probably the most widely read volume of verse to have appeared in Greece since World War II and remains a classic today. Those who follow the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis have been especially drawn to Odysseus Elytis's work, his prose is widely considered a mirror to the revolutionary music of Theodorakis. The "autobiographical" elements are constantly colored by allusion to the history of Greece, thus, the poems express a contemporary consciousness fully resonant with those echoes of the past that have served most to shape the modern Greek experience.
Book Details
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:
9780822953180
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
104
Authors:
Odysseus Elytis
Published Date:
1974-11-11
Language:
English
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About Odysseus Elytis

Odysseus Elytis (1911–1996) was born Odysseus Alepoudelis in Heraklion, Crete, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. His major work Axion Esti (1959), a long poem, is regarded as a national poem of Greece. His earlier collections include Orientations (1940). He studied law in Athens and spent significant periods in Paris.

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