"Epitaphios" (Greek: Επιτάφιος, "Epitaph") is a poem by Yiannis Ritsos published in 1936. In May 1936, Ritsos had read about the great strike and demonstration...

family marked Ritsos and affected his poetry. Ritsos himself was confined in a sanatorium for tuberculosis from 1927–1931. In 1934, Ritsos joined the Communist...

Six folk paintings (Manos Hatzidakis, 1951) Epitaphios (Mikis Theodorakis, 1960, poetry by Yiannis Ritsos) Epifania (Mikis Theodorakis, 1962, poetry by...

Bithikotsis, in a premier performance of the Epitaphios, a melodized poetic cycle by the leftist poet Yiannis Ritsos, in Greek radio. This was a rare move at...

Axion Esti (Elytis), Mauthausen (Iakovos Kambanellis), Romiossini (Yannis Ritsos), and Romancero Gitano (Federico García Lorca) – he attempted to give back...

dedication to the poet Yiannis Ritsos –throughout Greece- with the “Mikis Theodorakis” Orchestra. The poems (“Epitaphios, Romiosini, Ta Dekaohto Lianotragouda...

best-known are Epitaphios (1936), Romiosini (1954), and Moonlight Sonata (1956). Regularly persecuted for his political beliefs, Ritsos is seen as an ideal...

Six folk paintings (Manos Hatzidakis, 1951) Epitaphios (Mikis Theodorakis, 1960, poetry by Yiannis Ritsos) Epifania (Mikis Theodorakis, 1962, poetry by...

homosexual. Greek poet and Communist activist Yiannis Ritsos is inspired to write his landmark poem Epitaphios by a photograph of a dead protester during a massive...

May – The Greek poet and Communist activist Yiannis Ritsos is inspired to write his poem Epitaphios by a photograph of a dead protester at a massive tobacco...