Literature · 1911–1996
Odysseas Elytis — Age & Birthday
Born: 2 November 1911 · Died: 18 March 1996 · Age at death: 84
How old was Odysseas Elytis when he died?
Odysseas Elytis died aged 84. He was born on 2 November 1911 and died on 18 March 1996.
Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet of the Generation of the '30s
Did you know?He combined modernism with traditional Greek themes and was also a talented painter and collage artist.
Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, pen name of Odysseas Alepoudelis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world.
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- Age at death
- 84
- Would be
- 114
- Years since death
- 30
- Born
- November 2, 1911 · Heraklion, Greece
- Died
- March 18, 1996
- Cause of death
- Myocardial infarction
- Nationality
- Greek
- Known for
- Literature
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