Some articles on contemporary greek literature, literature:
... Contemporary Greek literature is usually (but not exclusively) written in polytonic orthography, though the monotonic orthography was made official in 1981 by ... Contemporary Greek literature is represented by many writers, poets and novelists Dionysios Solomos, Andreas Kalvos, Angelos Sikelianos, Emmanuel Rhoides, Kostis Palamas, Penelope Delta ... Seferis and Odysseas Elytis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ...
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