Odysseas Elytis

The Mytilenian Brotherhood of Sydney and New South Wales continued its enduring partnership with Kingsgrove North High School on Thursday by presenting the Odysseus Elytis Academic Award for Excellence, The Greek Herald reports.

The Odysseas Elytis Museum comes to life thanks to the support of the Qualco Foundation, 28 years after the poet’s death and 45 years after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Foundation, recognizing the importance of preserving Greek cultural heritage, contributed to the establishment of the new museum, making it a dedicated space for the memory and work of Odysseas Elytis.

The Odysseus Elytis Museum honoring the late Greek Nobel Prize-winning poet was inaugurated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday evening, in the presence of Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.

The Museum was inaugurated on the eve of the poet's birthday on November 2 (1911) in Iraklio, Crete. He died in 1996, aged 84.

Work is feverishly under way for Friday's opening of a much-anticipated new museum, dedicated to one of Greece's greatest poets, Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996).

In the heart of Athens, amid the winding streets of Plaka, preparations are nearing completion for a cultural milestone: the opening of the Odysseas Elytis House Museum on November 1.

Elytis' legacy as a Nobel laureate is enshrined not only in his written word but also in the spaces that shaped his thought.

Odysseus Elytis was one of the most important Greeks. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. He was one of the select members of the so-called "generation of the nineteen thirties" in the field of artistic creation.

There are times when whatever one might say would appear commonplace.

One wishes only to remain silent, to remember, to lower one's head and close one's eyes, and to listen to a song.

Mikis Theodorakis cannot fit into a mould, nor can one separate his music from his political struggles.

In his recent speech in Parliament on the education reform bill, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that "nowhere in the world do we see scenes like those at our universities, where historic buildings are vandalized… and, more importantly, people are threatened, professors beaten and girls raped." The response from opposition leader Alexis Tsipras was: "You've had to go as far as telling u

Ολοκληρώθηκε η 48η δημόσια κλήρωση της φορολοταρίας

The Culture Ministry says its plans to house the literary legacy of influential poet and Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis in a listed building and two auxiliary buildings in the Plaka area in the historic center of Athens have entered the final stretch.

The properties in question, which are owned by the ministry, are located at the junction of Dioskouron and Polygnotou streets.