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- GenresPoetry
21 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1974
About the author
Yiannis Ritsos
286 books308 followersYiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος) is considered to be one of the five great Greek poets of the twentieth century, together with Konstantinos Kavafis, Kostas Kariotakis, Giorgos Seferis, and Odysseus Elytis. The French poet Louis Aragon once said that Ritsos was "the greatest poet of our age."
Yannis Ritsos was born in Monemvassia (Greece), on May 1st, 1909 as cadet of a noble family of landowners. Born to a well-to-do landowning family in Monemvasia, Ritsos suffered great losses as a child. The early deaths of his mother and his eldest brother from tuberculosis, the commitment of his father who suffered with mental disease and the economic ruin of losing his family marked Ritsos and affected his poetry. Ritsos, himself, was confined in a sanatorium for tuberculosis from 1927–1931.
These tragic events mark him and obsess his œuvre. In 1931, Ritsos joined the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–1945) he became a member of the EAM (National Liberation Front), and authored several poems for the Greek Resistance. These include a booklet of poems dedicated to the resistance leader Ares Velouchiotis, written immediately upon the latter's death on 16 June 1945. Ritsos also supported the left in the subsequent Civil War (1946-1949); in 1948 he was arrested and spent four years in prison camps.
Yannis Ritsos was born in Monemvassia (Greece), on May 1st, 1909 as cadet of a noble family of landowners. Born to a well-to-do landowning family in Monemvasia, Ritsos suffered great losses as a child. The early deaths of his mother and his eldest brother from tuberculosis, the commitment of his father who suffered with mental disease and the economic ruin of losing his family marked Ritsos and affected his poetry. Ritsos, himself, was confined in a sanatorium for tuberculosis from 1927–1931.
These tragic events mark him and obsess his œuvre. In 1931, Ritsos joined the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–1945) he became a member of the EAM (National Liberation Front), and authored several poems for the Greek Resistance. These include a booklet of poems dedicated to the resistance leader Ares Velouchiotis, written immediately upon the latter's death on 16 June 1945. Ritsos also supported the left in the subsequent Civil War (1946-1949); in 1948 he was arrested and spent four years in prison camps.
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February 23, 2017
Έχω αρχίσει να σκέφτομαι ότι ίσως να είναι αδόκιμο το να βαθμολογούμε ποίηση. Τι ακριβώς να βαθμολογήσουμε; Αν είναι σωστό τεχνικά; Αν πετυχαίνει αυτό που θέλει; Τελικά βαθμολογούμε το κατά πόσο μας μίλησε, αλλά και πάλι, η ποίηση είναι ένας ωκεανός πολύ βαθύς για να χαρτογραφηθεί με γνώμονα πέντε αστέρια. Τέλος πάντων, Ρίτσος είναι αυτός και μαζί με τον Λειβαδίτη και τον Καρυωτάκη αποτελούν την προσωπική μου Αγία Τριάδα των Ελλήνων ποιητών. Οπότε ναι, πέντε αστέρια υποθέτω.
January 4, 2017
το ξέρεις πως έχεις να κλάψεις πολύ
Ώσπου να μάθεις τον κόσμο να γελάει.
Ώσπου να μάθεις τον κόσμο να γελάει.
December 28, 2015
Μια ταπεινή υπόκλιση για σας, κύριε Ρίτσο
April 9, 2026
Είναι τρελό πώς κάποια λίγα λόγια που γράφτηκαν σε μια κόλλα χαρτί στην εξορία, μπορούν ακόμα και σήμερα να δώσουν τόση δύναμη. Ο Ρίτσος δεν γράφει για απόμακρους ήρωες, αλλά για εμάς, για τον διπλανό μας, για το "μαζί". Καταφέρνει να χωρέσει την ανθρωπιά σε μερικούς στίχους και να την κρατήσει όρθια, ακόμα και στις πιο μικρές της στιγμές. Αυτό είναι για μένα το πραγματικό του μεγαλείο.
September 11, 2019
"Αυτό το χαμόγελο κι αυτό τον ουρανό δεν μπορούν να μας τα πάρουν."
September 15, 2022
πανέμορφο. εικόνες που θα σκέφτομαι καθημερινά.
December 20, 2024
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January 13, 2020
Τεράστιος!!!!!!!
November 10, 2020
I do love the poetry
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