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Second Writing - Odysseas Elytis

📖 Second Writing – Odysseas Elytis

Category: Poetry, Literature
Publisher: Ikarios
Second edition: 1980

"Second Writing" is one of the most contemplative and condensed works of Odysseas Elytis, written during a period of maturity and deep poetic consciousness. It is a book that serves as a "commentary" on his previous emblematic work, "To Axion Esti", not as a repetition, but as a transcription and re-examination of the same fundamental questions with a new voice and internal density.

Here, Elytis attempts, as he himself states, a second reading of reality itself, through a lyrical and symbolic prism, where light, Greece, love, and the metaphysics of existence are reassembled into a more contemplative and sober writing. The style becomes simpler, the meaning deeper, the language more stripped down, yet at the same time more exhaustively substantial.

"Second Writing" is not just a poetry collection, but a contemplative monologue on the depth of the Greek landscape, history, and human fate. With a sense of poetic responsibility, Elytis chooses a form that is almost prophetic — prose-like but with rhythmic breath, where poetry emerges from the essence of words and not from the form.

A work filled with reflections, light, sea, and interiority, which serves as a second glance and at the same time a final legacy of one of the greatest Greek poets of the 20th century.

The poets of "Second Writing":
1. Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)

French poet-legend, child prodigy and language revolutionary. With his work "A Season in Hell" and "Illuminations", he was a precursor of surrealism and a spiritual troublemaker of the 19th century.

2. Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Ducasse, 1846–1870)

A dark and mysterious poet, known for the work "The Songs of Maldoror", which deeply influenced surrealism with its macabre, violent, and unconventional style.

3. Paul Éluard (1895–1952)

One of the leading surrealist poets of France, Éluard combined romantic tenderness with political commitment and social struggle through a lyrical discourse.

4. Pierre Jean Jouve (1887–1976)

A poet of internal drama, deeply influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis and Christian mysticism. His work is characterized by reflection and psychological depth.

5. Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970)

Italian modernist poet, one of the pioneers of hermeticism. His poetry is dense, almost stripped of unnecessary elements, and influenced by the horrors of World War I.

6. Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)

The most significant Spanish poet of the 20th century. He combined the folklore of Andalusia with lyricism and modernist expression, until his assassination by the fascist regime.

7. Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)

A Russian futurist poet, fiery and innovative. His work was marked by the dynamics of the Revolution but also by the conflict with conformity, ultimately leading him to suicide.

🖋️ A Second Writing, a Second Reading

Through this work, Elytis does not simply translate – he presents. He gives a new voice, a Greek breath, and a personal stamp to the poets who shaped him. "Second Writing" is a rare example of poetic composition and spiritual dialogue, highlighting the continuity of poetry beyond borders and languages.

Book details
Title: Second Writing
Author: Odysseas Elytis
Publisher: Ikarios
Year: 1980
Categories: Poetry, Anthologies

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