They are peaking these days, with events at the Athens Concert Hall, the celebrations for the centenary of the birth of the Nobel laureate poet Odysseus Elytis at 2 November of 1911. Themed symposium "The twentieth century in the poetry of Elytis – The poetry of Elytis in the twenty-first century» will be held on Tuesday 1 November and Wednesday 2 November with distinguished speakers from the field of philology, of literature and the arts. They talk (Tuesday 1 November, 5.00 p.m. etc.): Mikis Theodorakis: «Odysseus Elytis – The Greek Revolutionist", Dimitris Maronitis: "New Greek lyricism before and after Elytis", Marina Lambrakis Plaka: «The visual Elytis and the exercise of the senses", David Connolly: «The magic of Elytis», Michalis Kopidakis: ""Sun of Justice..." Another reading", George Babiniotis: "The meta-linguistic solver", Kostas Georgousopoulos: "Three Keys to Reading "Marina of the Rocks"", Aris Berlis: "Elytis today", Michael Livadiotis: "The crazy time, the small-minded weather and the lifetime moment", Paola Maria Minucci: "Greece beyond Greece in the poetry of Elytis" and (Wednesday 2 November, 5.00 p.m. etc.): Mario Vitti: "Elytis and the Greek public. Communication and Consent", Jeffrey Carson: "Elytis cannot be translated: The Elytis must be translated”, Ingemar Rhedin:"The voice beyond language – the inexpressible, the poetic intelligence and the metaphysical element in the work of Odysseus Elytis", Wrong Stétié: “Elytis the Sun Cultist”. At 7.30 p.m. will be followed by a themed round table "Poetry and Reality". The physicist will talk, academic Dimitris Nanopoulos, the psychiatrist-psychoanalyst Thanasis Tzavaras, the poet, academic Kiki Dimoulas, the composerGeorge Kouroupos and the visual artist Chronis Botsoglou. The poet presidesIoulita Iliopoulou. The events will be completed with the musical evening "The small world is the Great of Elytis", on Thursday 3 November, at 8.30 p.m. in which you will hear poems set to music from the entire poetry of Odysseus Elytis to original music byGeorge Kouroupou. Lyrics of Elytis will be recited by Ioulita Iliopoulou, while the actor will read prose texts Aris Lebesopoulos. Viewing film documentaries, visual and photographic material from various moments of Elytis' life will accompany the readings.