Odysseas Elytis Museum

What I can see

The Odysseas Elytis Museum is intended for the protection of the archival and exhibition material of the Nobel laureate poet. We learn about the poet’s life, work, aesthetic simplicity, his workplace and his personal belongings. In addition to being an exhibition space, it is also a study centre. The main building and the two auxiliary ones were granted to the NGO AERTON, which is responsible for the space’s operation. Along with the Elytis’ priceless poems, the visitor can get to know his prose works, visual creations, music adaptations and translations and at the same time watch a very interesting audio-visual material related to his life.

What I can't see

Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996) was a Greek poet and painter. He highlighted the cradle of Greekness, being at the same time a pioneer of the modern movement. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979 for his work Axion Esti, which was set to music by Mikis Theodorakis. He belongs to the renewal movement of Greek poetry. Through a moderate surrealistic lyricism, which is often found in works of southern European poets, Elytis managed to glorify the Greek tradition and the turbulent Greek History.

Info

• Address: 4 Dioskouron & Polygnotou St.
• Postal Code : 10555

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