Description: The Sovereign Sun Selected Poems by Odysseus Elytis 1979 Nobel Laureate Greece. Odysseus Elytis (1911-96) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. With Seferis and the 'Generation of the Thirties', he introduced French Surrealism into Greek poetry. Kimon Friar's classic translation The Sovereign Sun begins with his brilliantly sensuous early poems. It has large selections from his master work, Axion Esti (1959), and includes the whole of his Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign (1945). His Nobel Prize citation stated: 'Against the background of Greek tradition, his poetry depicts with sensuous strength and clearsightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.'
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Publication Year: 1979
Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
Type: Poetry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: The Sovereign Sun
Author: Odysseus Elytis
Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Temple University Press
Genre: Art & Culture, Bedtime Stories & Nursery Rhymes
Original Language: Greek
Topic: Poetry
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