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Yiannis Ritsos

Born

in Monemvassia, Greece

May 01, 1909

Died

November 11, 1990

Genre

Poetry, Fiction

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Yiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος) is considered to be one of the five great Greek poets of the twentieth century, together with Konstantinos Kavafis, Kostas Kariotakis, Giorgos Seferis, and Odysseus Elytis. The French poet Louis Aragon once said that Ritsos was "the greatest poet of our age."

Yannis Ritsos was born in Monemvassia (Greece), on May 1st, 1909 as cadet of a noble family of landowners. Born to a well-to-do landowning family in Monemvasia, Ritsos suffered great losses as a child. The early deaths of his mother and his eldest brother from tuberculosis, the commitment of his father who suffered with mental disease and the economic ruin of losing his family marked Ritsos and affected his poetry. Ritsos, himself, was confined in ...more

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	The Moonlight Sonata 4.69 avg rating — 1,881 ratings — published 1956 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Τα Ερωτικά by Yiannis Ritsos, Γιάννης Ρίτσος 4.28 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Επιτάφιος by Yiannis Ritsos, Γιάννης Ρίτσος, Α. Τάσσος (Illustrator) 4.63 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1936 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ρωμιοσύνη by Yiannis Ritsos, Γιάννης Ρίτσος 4.55 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1954 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diaries of Exile by Yiannis Ritsos, Edmund Keeley (Translator), Karen Emmerich (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1975 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems, 1938-1988 by Yiannis Ritsos, Kostas Myrsiades (Editor), Kimon Friar (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fourth Dimension by Yiannis Ritsos, Peter Green (Translator), Beverly Bardsley (Translator) 4.48 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1964 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sueño de un mediodía de verano by Yiannis Ritsos, Selma Ancira (Traductor) 4.20 avg rating — 116 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Πρωινό άστρο by Yiannis Ritsos, Γιάννης Ρίτσος 4.73 avg rating — 102 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ανθολογία Γιάννη Ρίτσου by Yiannis Ritsos, Γιάννης Ρίτσος 4.51 avg rating — 103 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“هؤلاء
الذين يحدقون فى الحافات
دائمو الريبة
أيديهم ضُمت فى جيوبهم
لديهم الكثير مما يقولونه
لكنهم يلوذون بالصمت
السماء تمتد نحو دواخلهم
لذلك، أحياناً، تحت القمر
تجدهم وحيدين، يبتسمون أمام بابٍ موصد.”
― Yiannis Ritsos

tags: السماء, الصمت, الوحدة, باب

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“I know that each one of us travels to love alone,
alone to faith and to death.
I know it. I’ve tried it. It doesn’t help.
Let me come with you.”
― Yannis Ritsos, The Moonlight Sonata

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“When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands draw back the curtains,
a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust
of the piano...”
― Yannis Ritsos, The Fourth Dimension

tags: poetry, poets

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