The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems by Elytis, Odysseus

The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781852241209)

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The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems by Elytis, Odysseus

The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems

$19.95
The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems by Elytis, Odysseus

The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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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.'

Author: Odysseus Elytis
ISBN-10: 1852241209
ISBN-13: 9781852241209
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Language: English
Published: 09/27/1990
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.48d
By Odysseus Elytis
By Odysseus Elytis
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Odysseus Elytis (1911-96) was born on Crete. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. With Seferis and the 'Generation of the Thirties', he introduced French Surrealism into Greek poetry. First published by Bloodaxe in 1990, Kimon Friar's 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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