Angelos Sikelianos Writer

Angelos Sikelianos (Greek: Άγγελος Σικελιανός; 28 March 1884 – 19 June 1951) was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. He wrote on national history, religious symbolism, and universal harmony in poems such as The Light-Shadowed, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance. His plays include Sibylla, Daedalus in Crete, Christ in Rome, The Death of Digenis, and Asklepius. He was the first twentieth-century Greek poet nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature

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Angelos Sikelianos
Birth dateMarch 28, 1884
Birth place
Greece , Lefkada
Nationality
Greece
Date of deathJune 19, 1951
Place of death
Athens , Greece

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