1911 - 1996
Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης [oðiˈseas eˈlitis], pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, Greek: Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 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. He is one of the most praised poets of the second half of the twentieth century, with his Axion Esti "regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Odysseas Elytis has received more than 297,561 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Odysseas Elytis is the 836th most popular writer (down from 714th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Greece (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Greek Writer.
Odysseas Elytis is most famous for his poem "Axion Esti" which translates to "It Is All Right." The poem is a reflection on death and the poet's acceptance of it.
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Among writers, Odysseas Elytis ranks 836 out of 5,755. Before him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Edgar Wallace, Thomas Pynchon, Sam Shepard, Matilde Camus, and Theodore Beza. After him are Antonio Tabucchi, Annie Ernaux, L. Frank Baum, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Magtymguly Pyragy, and Valerius Maximus.
1813 - 1851
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 830
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 831
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 832
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 833
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 834
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 835
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 836
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 837
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 838
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 839
1914 - 1999
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 840
1733 - 1807
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 841
100 BC - 100
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 842
Among people born in 1911, Odysseas Elytis ranks 44. Before him are Milovan Đilas, Herta Oberheuser, Richard Baer, Trygve Haavelmo, J. L. Austin, and Bernard Katz. After him are Niels Kaj Jerne, Cantinflas, Louise Bourgeois, Vincent Price, Bruno Kreisky, and Robert Taylor. Among people deceased in 1996, Odysseas Elytis ranks 32. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid, René Clément, Mohammad Najibullah, Magda Schneider, Timothy Leary, and Andreas Papandreou. After him are Nevill Francis Mott, Abdus Salam, Masaki Kobayashi, António de Spínola, Ademir de Menezes, and Claudette Colbert.
1911 - 1995
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 38
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 39
1911 - 1963
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 40
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 41
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 42
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 43
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 44
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 45
1911 - 1993
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 46
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 47
1911 - 1993
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 48
1911 - 1990
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 49
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 50
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 26
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 27
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 28
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 29
1920 - 1996
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 30
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 31
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 32
1905 - 1996
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 33
1926 - 1996
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 34
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 35
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 36
1922 - 1996
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 37
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 38
Among people born in Greece, Odysseas Elytis ranks 204 out of 936. Before him are Idomeneus of Crete (null), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (1950), Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Andreas Papandreou (1919), and Philopoemen (-253). After him are Euclid of Megara (-435), Thrasybulus (-440), Agis IV (-265), Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Pelopidas (-450), and Bacchylides (-490).
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 198
41 - 53
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 199
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 200
173 BC - 162 BC
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 201
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 202
253 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 203
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 204
435 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 205
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 206
265 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 207
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 208
450 BC - 364 BC
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 209
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 210
Among writers born in Greece, Odysseas Elytis ranks 23. Before him are Tyrtaeus (-700), Longus (110), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), and Agathias (536). After him are Lafcadio Hearn (1850), Bacchylides (-490), Philostratus (170), Agathon (-448), Aristarchus of Samothrace (-217), and Jean Moréas (1856).
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 18
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 19
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
401 - 460
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 21
536 - 582
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 22
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 23
1850 - 1904
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 24
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 25
170 - 250
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 26
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 27
217 BC - 144 BC
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 28
1856 - 1910
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 29