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The Nobel Prize was awarded to Elytis in 1979 “for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.” This volume contains translations of two late collections, the second published months before his death in 1995.

The Oxopetra Elegies and West of Sorrow

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      Publisher Harvard Department of the Classics
      Published 31 March 2014
      ISBN-13 9780674063433
      978-0674063433
      ISBN-10 0674063430

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      Book Synopsis
      The Nobel Prize was awarded to Elytis in 1979 “for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.” This volume contains translations of two late collections, the second published months before his death in 1995.

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