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This is a 1.68-metre-high bronze statue of the contemporary poet Odysseas Elytis. The poet is shown standing upright wearing everyday clothes and a gentle expression on his face. The sculpture stands on a limestone pedestal.

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Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996) was a Nobel Prize-winning poet and painter, widely considered to be a pioneer of modern Greek literature. He managed to bridge Greek tradition and the turbulent Greek History with the moderate surrealistic lyricism of southern European poetry. His masterpiece poem “Axion Esti” was translated in many languages and was set to music by the world-renown composer Mikis Theodorakis. Elytis was consequently awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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