Yiannis Ritsos

Yiannis Ritsos
Born(1909-05-01)1 May 1909
Monemvasia, Greece
Died11 November 1990(1990-11-11) (aged 81)
Athens, Greece
OccupationPoet
NationalityGreek
Literary movementModernism
Generation of the '30s[1]
Notable awardsLenin Peace Prize
1975
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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".

  1. ^ Antonis Liakos, "Hellenism and the Making of Modern Greece" in: Hellenisms: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity from Antiquity to Modernity, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008, p. 216.