Odysseus Elytis — Nobel Prize in Literature 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”

The Swedish Academy awarded Odysseus Elytis the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature 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.