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Greek Literature Resources
Νεοελληνική Λογοτεχνία - Σύγχρονοι Έλληνες συγγραφείς
Odysseas Elytis (Odysseus Alepoudhelis) (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης / Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλης) (02.11.1911 Herakleion/Crete – 18.03.1996 Athens), Nobel Prize 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”, Axion Esti (1959) , The mad pomegranate tree, Maria Nefeli M Ο χαρακτηρισμός: ποιητής του Αιγαίου
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης . Μελοποιημένη Ελληνική Ποίηση
Stratis Tsirkas (Στρατής Τσίρκας / Γιάννης Χατζηανδρέας) (10.7.1911 Cairo – 27.1.1980 Athens) (Yannis Hadjiandreas), The Club, Ariagni, The Bat, Drifting Cities
Nikos Kavvadias (Νίκος Καββαδίας) (11.1.1910 Manchuria – 10.2.1975) Biography, Poems , (Information in Greek about the poet and glossary for his poems) . More Information, Μελοποιημένα ποιήματα από το Θάνο Μικρούτσικο , Film: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Nikos Gatsos (Νίκος Γκάτσος) (8.12.1911 or 1914? Hania Frankovrysi/Arcadia – 12. 5.1992 Athens), From Amorgos , Elegy
Nikiforos Vrettakos (Νικηφόρος Βρεττάκος) (1.1.1912 Krokees Lakonia– 4.8.1991 Ploumitsa Lakonia) The orange trees of Sparta , The purest thing in all creation (Examples in Greek) ( Info , Info2 ) in Greek , “αν τυχόν κάπου ανάμεσα στους γαλάζιους διαδρόμους συναντήσω αγγέλους, θα τους μιλήσω ελληνικά, επειδή δεν ξέρουνε γλώσσες. Μιλάνε μεταξύ τους μέ μουσική” (If I meet angels in the heavens I will speak in Greek to them because they do not know any language. They communicate with music). Did Vrettakos not know that God and the angels understand and write in Greek? Constantine I The Great had a vision of Chi (χ) and Rho (ρ) on the sky, the first letters of “Christos” and the Greek words en touto nika (win by this).
Dimitris Chatzis (21.11.1913 – 20.07.1981) Thessaloniki
Costas Montis (18.2.1914 Famagusta – 1.3.2004 Nicosia) A poet from Cyprus. His official website contains information and videos with poems recited by him and images including scenes from the burial of the great Cypriot poet who died last year.
Theon Spanoudis (Θέων Σπανούδης) (1915 Smyrna - 1986 Sao Paolo)
Takis Varvitsiotis (Τάκης Βαρβιτσιώτης) (1916 Thessaloniki) a poet with many awards
Minas Dimakis (Μηνάς Δημάκης )(1917 – 1980), Hameni gi, To taxidi
Takis Sinopoulos (Τάκης Σινόπουλος) (1917 Agoulinitsa – 26.3.1981 Pyrgos) (Maria in Greek)
Helen Zeese Papanikolas (1917 Utah) American of Greek heritage. The Apple Falls from the Apple Tree
Spyros Plaskovitis ( Σπύρος Πλασκοβίτης)(1917 Corfu – 1999) The facade lady of Corfu
Miltos Sachtouris (Μίλτος Σαχτούρης) (19.7.1919 Athens - 29.5.2005 Athens)
Margarita Lymberaki (Μαργαρίτα Λυμπεράκη)(Μαργαρίτα Καραπάνου)(1919 Athens -24.5.2001) The Other Alexander
Antonis Samarakis (Αντώνης Σαμαράκης) (16.8.1919 Athens – 8.8.2003 Athens), 1982 Europalia award, The Flaw, The Passport , Since 1989 UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador
Tatiana Gritsi – Milliex ( Τατιάνα Γκρίτση – Μιλλιέξ ) (20.10.1920 Athens – 13.02.2005 Athens)
Notis Pergialis ( Νότης Περγιάλης) (16. 8. 1920)
Regina Pagoulatou (12.11.1920 Valsamata/Kefalonia) (Info in Greek) New York Times Article Motherhood, Pyrrhichios, Transplants
Eleni Vakalo (Ελένη Βακαλό) (1921 Constantinople – 9.10.2001)
Nanos Valaoritis (Νάνος Βαλαωρίτης) (1921 Lausanne Switzerland) My Afterlife Guaranteed , Τα σπασμένα χέρια της Αφροδίτης της Μήλου
a relative of Aristotle Valaoritis
Andreas Frangias ((Ανδρέας Φραγκιάς ))(1921) People and Houses, Wrought Iron Gate, Plague, The Crowd
Dimitris P. Papaditsas (Δημήτρης Π. Παπαδίτσας ) (1922 Samos – 1987 Athens)
Iakovos Kambanelis (Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης) (2.12.1922) Mauthausen
Aris Alexandrou ( Άρης Αλεξάνδρου) (24.11.1922 St. Petersburg – 02.07.1978 Paris) ) Greek father, Russian mother, Mission Box (I hope that you will not get angry if I say that the box was empty), 1953 1957 in prison for his left ideology. Still This Spring (1946), Bankrupt Line (1952).
Tasos Leivaditis (Τάσος Λειβαδίτης) (20.4.1922 – 30.10.1988 Athens)
Harry Mark Petrakis (Image from STIGMES, the magazine of Crete,
Harry Mark Petrakis, (5.6.1923 St. Louis, Mo., USA) Greek American author , The Orchards of Ithaca "novelist and short – story writer whose exuberant and sensitive works deal with the lives of Greek immigrants in urban America. "
Epaminondas Gonatas (Επαμεινώνδας Χ. Γονατάς )(10.07.1924 - 24.3.2006 )
Renos Apostolidis ( Ρένος Αποστολίδης) 2.3. 1924 Athens – 10 .3.2004 Athens)
Alexis Parnis (1924) Aphrodite's Island, Proofreader, Pasternak Highway: The Play.
Manolis Anagnostakis ( Μανόλης Αναγνωστάκης) (10.3.1925 Thessaloniki - 22.6.2005 Athens) Image, The Target: Selected Poems
Nikos Karouzos (Νίκος Καρούζος) (17.7.1926 Nafplion – 28.9.1990 Athens) (Info) (Some poems in Greek) “65 χρονών πέθαναν και οι τρεις μέγιστοι άνθρωποι: ο Ηράκλειτος, ο Ιωάννης Σεβαστιανός Μπαχ, κι ο Καρλ Μαρξ». Αν δεν αγαπάς και τους τρεις, πώς να διαβάσεις τα ποιήματα του Καρούζου;”
Kay Cicellis (1926 Marseilles) The Dance of Hours, The Road to Kolonos , The Lost Floor
Nikos Kachtitsis (Νίκος Καχτίτσης) (26.2. 1926 Gastouni / Ilia, 25.3.1970 Patra)
Alexandros Kotzias (Aλέξανδρος Kοτζιάς) (1926 – 1992) Usurped Authority, The Dark Affair, Lucifer, Jaguar , The Boxer
Nikos Fokas (Νίκος Φωκάς ) (1927 Kefalonia) Poet
Alki Zei (Άλκη Ζέη) (1927 Athens) Achilles' Fiancée 2002 Giuseppe Acerbi Prize (Castel Goffredo, Italy) a friend of Melina Merkouri since the time in the Paris Exile Constantina and her webs (I Konstantina kai oi arachnes tis)
Giorgos Ioannou (1927 – 16.2.1985) For a Little Self – Respect, Good Friday Vigil, Le sarcophage
Nikos Bakolas (Nίκος Μπακόλας) (1927 Thessaloniki – 12.11.1999 Thessaloniki ) author, novelist, The endless writ of blood Greek nomination for the ARISTEION ( the European Literary Award), Plotin Award in 1978 Mythology
Costas Taktsis (or Kostas Tachtsis) (Κώστας Ταχτσής)(8.10.1927 Thessaloniki – 25.8.1988 Athens) The Third Wedding
Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition
Elias Petropoulos (Ηλίας Πετρόπουλος) (26.6.1928 Athens – 3.9.2003 ) (work on Rebetiko songs), The Homosexuals' Lexicon, Author of around 80 books. He was labeled a pornographer and was 2 times imprisoned (in 1968 and 1972). Since 1973 he was in Paris, France. Why did he leave Greece? Because of his imprisonment? Because of the Fascist junta which ruled that country? No. Simply, he said, because he found Greece "so tiring, so very tiring...
Victoria Theodorou (Βικτωρία Θεοδώρου) (1926 or 1928) Cretan mother, father from Yugoslavia War of Liberation, Nuyen ti soy
Titos Patrikios (Τίτος Πατρίκιος) (21.05.1928 Athens) (Info) (Info In Greek)
Nikos Kasdaglis (Νίκος Κάσδαγλης )(1928 Kos) The Grooves of the Millstone , The Shorn Info in Greek
Aloe Sideri (Αλόη Σιδέρη)(1929 Lixouri Kefalonia) (Info)
Dinos Christianopoulos (Konstantinos Dimitriou)(Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος) (1931 Thessaloniki) , Image , Info
Menis Koumandareas (Μένης Κουμανταρέας) (1931 Athens), The Handsome Lieutenant (O oraios lohagos) , Glass Factory 1975 National Book Award Koula (Info) (Report in Greek)
Kiki Dimoula (Κική Δημουλά) (1931 Athens) poetess A kind of blues, Thieves in mind, Easter in the oven, The Alibi, The Feast of Lazarus , in Greek Poems: Version of creation , A kind of blues , Unexpectations , Passe-partout , Thieves in mind , A minute´s licence , Cartoon , The alibi , Easter in the oven , The feast of Lazarus , «Η άνοιξη έρχεται μαζί με το τέλος της» η τρίτη «αθάνατη» γυναίκα
Takis Antoniou ( Τάκης Αντωνίου) (5.3.1932 Agrinio), First Trilogy
Andreas Karavis (1932 Chania, Crete) Poet , "one of our greatest Canadian poets", The Dream Masters White Poems (Aspra Poiimata)
Thanasis Valtinos (Θανάσης Βαλτινός) (1932 Kastri Karatoula/Arcadia) Στοιχεία για τη δεκαετία του '60 , Συναξάρι του Αντρέα Κορδοπάτη (The Legend of Andreas Kordopatis). In an interview with a newspaper he was proud that his work is not commercial oriented “All know Zorbas the Greek, but nobody knows Kordopatis the Greek”, Ein Schiff namens Agonia, Griechenland und seine Literatur auf der Reise durch die Jahrhunderte
Eleni Fourtouni (1933 Laconia) lives in the USA, poet and translator That Womain Said No because she writes in English one of her friends said ‘How dare you put yourself in your book of Greek women poets when you’re not a Greek poet? and I say she is one! An Interview
