Editing Mikis Theodorakis (section)

== Resistance in exile ==
In 1971, Mikis Theodorakis was invited to Chile by then-[[President of Chile|president]] [[Salvador Allende]]. In [[Valparaíso]], he listened to a group of young people who introduced him to part of the work of the poet [[Pablo Neruda]]. Theodorakis loved it and promised to give Chile his musical opinion on the ''[[Canto General]]''. Back to Paris, in 1972 Theodorakis met Pablo Neruda when the Greek composer was rehearsing the musicalization of ''Canto General''. Neruda was impressed and asked him to include poems such as "Lautaro" and "A Emiliano Zapata".<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-58419324|journal=BBC in Spanish|title=La fascinante historia de la amistad entre Mikis Theodorakis y Pablo Neruda que llevó al compositor griego a musicalizar el poemario "Canto General"|date=2 September 2021|language=Spanish}}</ref>

[[File:Theodorakis Kaisaria 70s Mordo Avrahmov.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Mikis Theodorakis at a concert in Caesarea, Israel, in the 1970s.]]

He was received by [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]], [[Yigal Allon]] and [[Yasser Arafat]], while [[François Mitterrand]], [[Olof Palme]] and [[Willy Brandt]] became his friends. For millions of people, Theodorakis was the symbol of resistance against the Greek dictatorship together with [[Melina Mercouri]].<ref>Gail Holst, op. cit, p. 206 sq</ref><ref>François Mitterrand: ''Je peux me dire son ami'' (Preface to: Mikis Theodorakis: ''Les Fiancés de Pénélope)''</ref><ref name="TNYT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/arts/music/mikis-theodorakis-dead.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Mikis Theodorakis, 'Zorba' Composer and Marxist Rebel, Dies at 96|date=2 September 2021|first=Robert|last=D. McFadden|archive-date=2 September 2021|access-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210902092214/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/arts/music/mikis-theodorakis-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>