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Yiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος; 1 May 1909 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been called "the great poet of the Greek left".
Learn about the life and works of Yannis Ritsos, a Greek poet who wrote political and personal poems inspired by ancient myths. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize and won the Lenin Peace Prize.
Oct 5, 2016 · It was the authentic expression of the Greeks’ hope and struggle against the Greek military junta of 1967–74. The active participation of Yiannis Ritsos in the struggle of the Greek people is declared explicitly and is poetically developed through the direct communication with the reader.
Yiannis Ritsos is regarded as one of the most significant Greek poets of the 20th century. His work continues to be relevant today for its unflinching exploration of human suffering, social injustice, and the enduring power of hope.
Yannis Ritsos (born May 1, 1909, Monemvasia, Greece—died Nov. 11, 1990, Athens) was a popular Greek poet whose work was periodically banned for its left-wing content. Ritsos was born into a wealthy but unfortunate family.
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Biography. Plagued by turberculosis, family misfortunes, and repeated persecution for his Communist views, Yiannis Ritsos ( Monemvasia 1909-Athens 1990) spent many years in sanatorums, prisons, or in political exile while producing dozen of volumes of lyrics, dramas and translations.
Jun 9, 2015 · Yiannis Ritsos’s ‘Epitaphios,’ a song that both united and divided Greeks. It was May 1936, a time when widespread industrial action and protests rocked Greece. One, a rally by striking tobacco workers in Thessaloniki, ended in bloodshed, with 12 dead, among them 25-year-old Tassos Tousis.
