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Γιάννης Ρίτσος
ΕΛΕΝΗ
Yiannis Ritsos
Eleni
Published by Kedros in Athens in 1972
Front Piece and Artwork by Greek Artist Vaso Katraki
Original Paper Binding
First edition
Pages 40+4
Yiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος; 1909 – 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”.
Vaso Katraki (1914 – 1988) was a Greek painter and engraver. She was known for her passionate depictions of the sufferings of the Greek people during and after World War II. In 1967 she was exiled to a barren island by the military junta on the day it took power. She started with wood engraving, then developed an original and very unusual technique of sandstone engraving.
