The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems by Odysseus Elytis

The Sovereign Sun: Selected Poems

Odysseus Elytis with Kimon Friar (Translator)

208 pages first pub 1971 (editions)

poetry reflective slow-paced

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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 brillian...

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