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Also Known As	Odysseas Elytēs • Odysseus Alepoudhelis
Born	November 2, 1911 • Heraklion • Greece
Died	March 18, 1996 (aged 84) • Athens • Greece • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1979)
Notable Works	“The Axion Esti”

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