Angelos Sikelianos
Angelos Sikelianos was born on March 28, 1884. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Angelos Sikelianos
Angelos Sikelianos (Greek: Άγγελος Σικελιανός [sikeʎaˈnos]; 28 March 1884 – 19 June 1951) was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as The Moonstruck, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance. His plays include Sibylla, Daedalus in Crete, Christ in Rome, The Death of Digenis, The Dithyramb of the Rose and Asclepius. Although occasionally his grandiloquence blunts the poetic effect of his work, some of Sikelianos finer lyrics are among the best in Western literature. Every year from 1946…