Person
Yiannis Ritsos
- Specialty
- Writing
- Birth
- May 1, 1909 · 81 years
- Death
- October 11, 1990
- Origin
- Monemvasia, Greece
Technical Alias
Giannis RitsosΙωάννης Ρίτσος Yannis RitsosΓιαννης Ριτσος
Professional Trajectory
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".
