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The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.
Odysseus Elytis
Born: November 2, 1911
Died: March 18, 1996 (aged 84)
Bio: Odysseas Elytis was regarded as a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. In 1979 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Known for:
- The Axion Esti (1959)
- Open papers (1995)
- The collected poems of Odysseus Elytis
- The Monogram (1972)
- The Sovereign Sun (1971)