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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979
Odysseus Elytis
Odysseus Elytis
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979 was awarded to Odysseus Elytis "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness".
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