Yiannis Ritsos,Edmund Keeley,Karen Emmerich
"Without Ritsos' eloquence, Greeks would have forgotten how to name all those things that are there before their eyes."â€”Pantelis Prevelakis,This long poem is a nuanced and moving account of the poet's time in exile, in which everyday events hide much that is threatening, oppressive, and spiritually vacuous. Lyrical and idyllic, these re-creations of Greek mythology justify Yannis Ritsos' reputation as one of the most honored in modern Greece.,Plagued by tuberculosis, family misfortunes, and persecution for his Communist views, ,Yannis Ritsos ,(1909â€“1990) spent many years in sanatoriums, prisons, and in political exile while producing over one hundred volumes of poems, dramas, and translations.
Poetry,Cultural,Greece,Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir
Diaries of Exile