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| Born | 28 March 1884 Lefkada, Greece |
| Died | 19 June 1951 (aged 67) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Poet |
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| Children | 1 |
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Angelos Sikelianos (Greek: Άγγελος Σικελιανός; 28 March 1884 – 19 June 1951)[1] was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as The Moonstruck, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance. His plays include Sibylla, Daedalus in Crete, Christ in Rome, The Death of Digenis, The Dithyramb of the Rose and Asklepius. Although occasionally his grandiloquence blunts the poetic effect of his work, some of Sikelianos finer lyrics are among the best in Western literature.[2] Every year from 1946 to 1951, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.[3]
- ^ "Angelos Sikelianós | Modernist Poet, Symbolist Poetry, Delphic Idea". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Angelos Sikelianos biography, Britannica.com
- ^ "Nomination Database: Angelos Sikelianos". nobelprize.org.