Yiannis Ritsos: The Path Towards the Myth
The anniversary of a poet is somehow different from other celebrations and one that draws our special attention. Such an event might have had less significance once, but in a period so lacking in imagination, it is very encouraging to see the seventieth birthday of a poet celebrated with such participation on the part of the general public. When the poet is Yiannis Ritsos one has to do with a ‘living myth’ which is also something very rare in our day.
