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'''Odysseas Elytis''' was the [[pseudonym]] of '''Odysseas Alepoudelis''' ([[November 2]], [[1911]]–[[March 18]], [[1996]]), a [[Greece|Greek]] poet. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]] in [[1979]].

name = Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia |

founded = [[October 6]], [[1898]] |

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address = 10600 Old State Road |

city = Evansville |

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state = Indiana |

country = United States |

homepage = [http://www.sinfonia.org sinfonia.org] |

colors = Red, Black, and Gold |

motto = "Once a Sinfonian, Always a Sinfonian" [http://students.missouri.edu/~sinfonia/histdoc/tomorrow.html] |

birthplace = [[New England Conservatory of Music]] |

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Born in [[Iráklion]], [[Crete]] to a Lesvos family, he studied law in the [[University of Athens]] but did not take his degree. He was the last of the six children of [[Panagiotis Alepoudelis]] and [[Maria Vrana]]. He moved to Athens when he was little. In [[1923]], he visited [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Germany]]. In [[Lausanne]], the poet began to knew and recognized [[Eleftherios Venizelos]].

His main work, fourteen years in the writing but published in [[1959]], is ''Axion Esti'', a [[poem]] that attempts to identify the vital elements in [[Greece]]'s 3000-year history and tradition and where images of the sun and the sea blend with the [[Orthodox]] liturgy, and the pagan element with the [[Christianity|Christian]]. Other works include ''[[Anoichta Chartia]]'' = ''Open Papers'' which first knew Modern Greek literature.

'''Phi Mu Alpha (ΦΜΑ) Sinfonia''' (sometimes referred to as "Sinfonia" rather than "ΦΜΑ") is a collegiate social fraternity for men of musicianly character.[http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:8hl1Dqb0ViIJ:www.sinfonia.org/Resources/writings/Mongiovi/TheManlyMusicianandtheMusicianlyMan.pdf] Today, its many chapters serve to "advance the cause of music in America" on college campuses nationwide.[http://www.sinfonia.org/history.asp]

He spent his first summers of his live in Crete, in Mytilene and [[Spetses]] while in his winters, he spends time studying. Elytis also bought books that related with Greek nature. [[Kampouroglou]], K. [[Pasagiannis]], St. [[Granitsas]] and the three-volume ''[[Odigos tis Ellados]]'' = ''Guide to Greece''.

==History==

His works began when he began to know his works of [[Constantine P. Cavafy|Cavafy]] and [[Andreas Kalvos|Kalvos]] and also learned [[lyric poems]]. In [[1937]], he studied poems from the two modern French poets including [[Paul Eluard]] and [[Perre Jean Jouve]] which lead to his ideas for literature<!--, a line from ''Anoichta Chartia'':

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia was founded in [[1898]] by Ossian Everett Mills and thirteen musical students at the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] (The name "Sinfonia" comes from the name of a similar organization in [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]]). Sinfonia became a national fraternity on [[October 6]], [[1900]] with the admission of a group of men at the [[Broad Street Conservatory of Music]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]. Under the guidance of Percy Jewett Burrell (sixth Supreme President, 1907&ndash;1914), whose writings and speeches continue to be influential in the teaching of Sinfonian ideals to this day, the fraternity grew and "truly became a force in American music."

== Object ==

''anagkasan na prosexo ki adistakta na paradechto tis dynatotites tou parousiaze stin ousia tis eleftheris enaskisis tis, i lyriki poiisis.''

"The Object of this Fraternity shall be for the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit; the mutual welfare and brotherhood of musical students; the advancement of music in America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater."[http://www.sinfonia.org/aboutus.asp]

English:-->. He later turned into surrealiamsm where he had a world upside down in the dreams and true and false.

He began his first works. He wrote at a law school in [[1930]] working with other Greek poets including ''[[Parafono Avlo]]'' from [[Kaisaros Emmanouil]], ''[[Stou Glytimou to Chazi]]'' from [[Theodoros Doros]], ''[[Strofi]]'' from [[Giorgos Seferis]] in [[1931]] and ''[[Poiimata]]'' = ''Poems'' from [[Nikitas Rantos]] in [[1933]].

== Famous Sinfonians ==

In [[1934]], he became a part of ''[[Ideokratikis Filosofikis Omadas tou Panepistimiou Athinon]]'' where he made thoughts philosophically, with K. [[Tsatsou]], P. Kanellopoulou, I. [[Theodorakopoulou]] and I. [[Sykoutris]]. He met [[I. Sarantaris]] ([[1908]] - [[1941]]), a poet who came from Italy in which he lived his last years in Greece where he liked his family, he was killed in the War in 1940. Elytis wrote ''Neon Grammaton'' or ''New Letters'', In that time, he worked in pages from old and newer Greek writers including Giorgos Seferis, [[G. Theotokas]], [[Angelos Terzakis]], [[K. Politis]], [[Angelos Sikelianos]], etc.) he brought Westernized thoughts and ideas into Greek literature and began to think from newer poets with translations on some works in articles.

Over a century old, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia has been honored to admit a multitude of famous men from all walks of life, including music, television, film, science and literature. Here are just a few of the many men who have entered into the brotherhood of Sinfonians:

*[[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]] (composer)

In January of [[1935]], ''Nea Grammata'' (''New Letters'') went to sale. Elytis met [[Andreas Empeirikos]] a month later, he first presented surrealism in the Greek works, Empeirikos was Elytis' friend for 25 years. One month after other than ''Fairy tailes'' by Seferis, ''Ypsikampinos'' (by Empeirikos) was sold in stores with surrealistic poems. In November in the 11th edition of ''Nea Grammata'' featured the first poems from Elytis.

*[[Samuel Barber]] (composer)

*[[Count Basie]] (jazz musician & band leader)

*[[John Cage]] (composer)

*[[Andrew Carnegie]] (philanthropist)

*[[Enrico Caruso]] (tenor singer)

*[[Pablo Casals]] (cellist, conductor)

*[[Van Cliburn]] (pianist)

*[[Aaron Copland]] (composer)

*[[George Crumb]] (composer)

*[[Thomas Dewey]] (baritone singer & politician)

*[[George Eastman]] (inventor & philanthropist)

*[[Duke Ellington]] (jazz musician & band leader)

*[[Carlisle Floyd]] (composer)

*[[Lukas Foss]] (conductor)

*[[Morton Gould]] (pianist)

*[[Andy Griffith]] (actor)

*[[Jerome Hines]] (bass singer)

*[[Chuck Mangione]] (jazz musician & band leader)

*[[Branford Marsalis]] (jazz musician)

*[[Luciano Pavarotti]] (tenor singer)

*[[Theodore Presser]] (publisher)

*[[Andre Previn]] (pianist & conductor)

*[[Fred Rogers]] (television personality)

*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] (composer)

*[[Carl Severinsen]] (jazz trumpeter & band leader)

*[[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] (conductor)

*[[John Philip Sousa]] (composer and band director)

*[[Leopold Stokowski]] (conductor)

*[[Ruben Studdard]] (pop singer)

== External links ==

In [[1936]], his team of new writers became large and famous. Elytis met [[Nikos Gkatsos]] for a couple of years, later he types his surrealist ''[[Amorgo]]''. He translated poems from the French into the Greek from [[Paul Eluard]] for ''Neon Grammaton''. That time, the First International Surrealistic Place in Athens introduced works in [[collage]]s. A new poetis school was opened which taught his works in Greece. He became a soldier and went to [[Corfu]] in [[1938]] at [[Scholi Efedron Axiomatikon]]. He later wrote with [[Nikos Gkatsos]] and Giorgos Seferis which was founded in [[Korçë]]. Elytis published his first poem called ''Prosanatolismoi''.

[http://www.sinfonia.org/ Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia national website]

During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant in the [[underground resistance]]. He went to Albania and he almost died of typhoid. Elytis was a part of the ''Kyklou Palama'' or the Palamas Circle. In the spring of [[1942]], he wrote ''I alithini fysiognomis kai i lyriki tolmi toy Andreas Kalvou''. Elytis wrote a hymn named ''O Ilios o Protos Mazi me tis Parallages Pano se mia Achtida'' in [[1943]]. ''Nea Grammata'' featured ''Ta Koritsia'' in [[1944]] and in 1945, Elytis wrote ''Tetradio'' = ''Notebook'' where he translated poems from [[Frederico Garcia Lorca]] and presented the first portion of the poem ''Asma Iroikon kai Penthimo gia ton Chameno Anthypolochago tis Alvanias'' when he served in the war. Other poems that were also done in WWII were ''Kalosoni stis Lykopories'', ''Alvaniada'' and ''Varvaria'' (''Barbary''). After the war in 1945, Elytis visited [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] in North America for an international program. Elytis wrote ''Angloelliniki Epitheorisi'', ''Eleftheria'' (''Liberty'') and ''Kathimerini''.

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After the war in [[1948]] he viisted Switzerland and visited Paris and studied there in the [[Sorbonne]] and also became a professor in philosophy, before returning to Greece. He worked in the [[List of Greek language newspapers|newspaper]] company, the ''[[Aggloelliniki Epitheorisi]]'', ''[[Eleftheria]]'', ''[[Kathimerini]]'' until [[1948]]. He met [[André Breton]], [[Paul Eluard]], [[P. Reverdy]], [[Albert Camus]], [[T. Tzara]], [[P.J. Jouve]], [[G. Ungaretti]] and [[R. Char]]. In [[1949]], he visited the ''[[Association Internationale de Critiques d'Art]]'' were in [[1952]], he became a part of the ''Team of Twelve'' where every year he received literature awards. In [[1953]], he awarded poets in the EIR, an international program.

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With the help of the Anglo-Hellenic writer [[E. Teriade]], he brought ideas from [[Matisse]], [[Shagal]], [[Giacometti]], [[de Cirico]] and [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] in which he later wrote articles and a poem called ''Odi ston Pikasso''. From the end of [[1950]] to [[May 1951]], he visited [[England]] and worked with the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. He visited Spain and Italy at the end of [[1951]].

In [[1961]], he visited [[North America]]. He also visited [[Rome]] in [[1962]]. He visited other countries as well including [[France]] in [[1966]] and [[Egypt]] in [[1967]] and drew, he even translated some works. In the spring of [[1969]], he visited Paris. Elytis later visited [[Cyprus]] in [[1970]]. He came back to Greece in [[1971]].

==Selected works in English translation==

* ''[[Collected Poems]]'' ([[Johns Hopkins University Press]], 1997)

* ''[[Eros, Eros, Eros: Selected and Last Poems]]'' (1998 - includes poems not in the ''Collected'')

==Selected Works in Greek==

*''[[Prosanatolismoi]]''

*''[[Neon Grammaton]]'' ([[1935]] - [[1940]], [[1944]])

*''[[Odi ston Pikasso]]''

*''[[Asterias (Odysseas Elytis)|Asterias]]'' ([[1974]])

*''O Ilios o Protos Mazi me tis Parallages Pano se mia Achtida'' (1943)

*''Ta Koritsia'' (1944)

*''Tetradio'' (1945)

*''Asma Iroikon kai Penthimo gia ton Chameno Anthypolochago tis Alvanias''

*''Kalosoni stis Lykopories''

*''Alvania''

*''Varvaria'' (''Varvaria'') (1945)

*''Angloelliniki Epitheorisi''

*''Eleftheria'' (''Liberty'')

*''Kathimerini''

[[Category:1911 births|Elytis, Odysseas]]

[[Category:1996 deaths|Elytis, Odysseas]]

[[Category:Nobel Prize in Literature winners|Elytis, Odysseas]]

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