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Selected Poems

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Paperback | English

By (author): Nikiforos Vrettakos

Translated by: David Connolly

Vrettakoss poems are firmly rooted in the Greek landscape and coloured by the Greek light, yet their themes and sentiment are ecumenical. His garden, his own heart, are but a microcosm of the entire world, of the whole of humanity, and both contain divine messages that the lens of poetry can help us to perceive. See more
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Product Details
  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 150g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 205mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Jun 2015
  • Publisher: Aiora Press
  • Publication City/Country: Greece
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9786185048303

About Nikiforos Vrettakos

Nikiforos Vrettakos was born on January 1 1912 in the village of Krokees near Sparta. In a literary career lasting some sixty years he published over eighty-five collections of poetry eight prose works a long critical study of Nikos Kazantzakis and wrote innumerable articles and essays for periodicals and newspapers. In Greece he received more awards than any other poet of his generation including three State Prizes for Poetry. In 1987 he was elected to the Academy of Athens in the Chair of Literature. He died in his ancestral home in Ploumitsa on August 4 1991 while watching the sun rise over his beloved Mount Taygetus.

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