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Nobel Prize in Literature 1979

Odysseas Elytis

Greece

Odysseas Elytis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979, making them laureate number 76 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are one of 2 laureates from Greece.

Our pick for reading Odysseas Elytis for the first time is Axion Esti.

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