"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...
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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...
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Six folk paintings (Manos Hatzidakis, 1951) Epitaphios (Mikis Theodorakis, 1960, poetry by Yiannis Ritsos) Epifania (Mikis Theodorakis, 1962, poetry by...
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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...
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Axion Esti (Elytis), Mauthausen (Iakovos Kambanellis), Romiossini (Yannis Ritsos), and Romancero Gitano (Federico García Lorca) – he attempted to give back...
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best-known are Epitaphios (1936), Romiosini (1954), and Moonlight Sonata (1956). Regularly persecuted for his political beliefs, Ritsos is seen as an ideal...
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dedication to the poet Yiannis Ritsos –throughout Greece- with the “Mikis Theodorakis” Orchestra. The poems (“Epitaphios, Romiosini, Ta Dekaohto Lianotragouda...
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Six folk paintings (Manos Hatzidakis, 1951) Epitaphios (Mikis Theodorakis, 1960, poetry by Yiannis Ritsos) Epifania (Mikis Theodorakis, 1962, poetry by...
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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...
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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...
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