- Birthday
- 1909-05-01
- Deathday
- 1990-10-11
- Place of Birth
- Monemvasia, Greece
Yiannis Ritsos
WritingBiography
Yiannis Ritsos (Greek: Γιάννης Ρίτσος; 1 May 1909 – 11 November 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".
