1911–1996 (Nobel Prize 1979)
Odysseas Elytis and the 1979 Nobel Prize
Odysseas Elytis, born Odysseas Alepoudelis to a family from Lesvos, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. His poetry joined Greek…
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Active around the late seventh and early sixth centuries BC
Sappho of Lesvos
Sappho was an Archaic poet from Lesvos who wrote in the Aeolic dialect. Most of her work is lost, but surviving poems…
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The 1922 Revolution and the Trial of the Six
After the Asia Minor collapse, military units revolted in September 1922 and demanded political change. King Constantine left the throne, and a…
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The Liberation of Lesvos in 1912
In the First Balkan War, the Greek fleet under Pavlos Kountouriotis landed troops at Mytilene on 8 November 1912 (Old Style). The…
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The Petrified Forest of Lesvos at Sigri
In western Lesvos, whole tree trunks turned to stone lie where volcanic ash buried them roughly 17 to 20 million years ago.…
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Theophilos: The Folk Painter of Lesvos
Theophilos Hatzimichail, a self-taught painter from Lesvos, filled walls and boards with Greek heroes, myths and village life. Little valued in his…
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