Yiannis Ritsos

Yiannis Ritsos

Date of Birth:

May 01, 1909

Place of Birth:

Monemvasia, Greece

Yiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος; 1 May 1909 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been called "the great poet of the Greek left".

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