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4/15/2021
The National Herald     
LOS ANGELES – The Embassy of Greece in USA and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, in celebration of National Poetry Month, present Odysseus Elytis: The Poet as Philosopher with Marinos Pourgouris of the University of Cyprus and an exclusive poetry reading by renowned Greek actor Stelios Mainas on Saturday, April 17, 10 AM Pacific Time, 1 PM EDT.
The event will be introduced by Her Excellency Alexandra Papadopoulou, Ambassador of Greece to the United States.
A quarter of a century after his death, and despite his immense popularity in Greece, Odysseus Elytis remains a rather elusive poet. I became thousands of years old, he poignantly writes in The Diary of an Invisible April (1984), and already I use the Minoan script with such ease that the world wonders and believes in the miracle. Fortunately they haven t managed to read me. ....

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