An Heroic And Funeral Chant For The Lieutenant Lost In Albania: Asma Iroiko kai Penthimo gia ton Chameno Anthypolochago tis Alvanias
by Odysseas Elytis
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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About This Item
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης
Άσμα ηρωικό και πένθιμο για τον χαμένο ανθυπολοχαγό της Αλβανίας
Asma Iroiko kai Penthimo gia ton Chameno Anthypolochago tis Alvanias
Αθήνα, Ίκαρος 1962
Odysseas Elytis
An Heroic And Funeral Chant For The Lieutenant Lost In Albania
First Edition, First Printing
One of Elytis's masterpieces
Printed by Ikaros in Athens in 1962
8vo, Pages 36
In original soft binding
Front piece and Cover by Yiannis Moralis
Text: Greek, Printed in 1500 Copies
Odysseas Elytis pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 1911 – 1996) was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. He is one of the most praised poets of the second half of the twentieth century, with his Axion Esti regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry. In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Source: Wikipedia
Elytis on his war experiences
As a reserve officer, the poet Odysseas Elytis was called up immediately after the Italian invasion and served on the Albanian front with the rank of second lieutenant in the First Army Corps. The translator Kimon Friar says of Eltyis' war experiences that the poet 'saw in the heroic resistance of the Greek people against superior odds, throughout their long history, a recklessness of spirit, a divine madness. In the spontaneous reaction of the Greek people to Mussolini's invasion, he saw the victory of a beautiful rashness over self-calculation, an instinct that could distinguish between good and evil in a time of danger'.
Yiannis Moralis (1916 – 2009) was an important Greek visual artist and part of the so-called "Generation of the '30s".
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- Bookseller
- OSYLLEKTIS (GR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MGL0010
- Title
- An Heroic And Funeral Chant For The Lieutenant Lost In Albania
- Author
- Odysseas Elytis
- Illustrator
- Yiannis Moralis
- Format/Binding
- Original soft binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ikaros
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 36
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Odysseas Elytis, Asma Iroiko kai Penthimo, First Edition, First Printing, Nobel Laureate, WWII, Limited Edition, Greece, Greek Poetry ,
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