First Published in 1999. Odysseus Elytis (1911-1996) was born in Crete, and published his first poems in 1935. He established himself as one of the leading figures in the ''Generation of the Thirties''. As well as publishing seventeen collection of poetry and a number of translations from Ancient Greek, he created two large volumes of prose writings. In 1979 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This book is illustrated with ten colour reproductions of collages and paintings by Elytis as well as selected writings.