Α significant work by Embirikos is his pornographic  novel Megas Anatolikos written between 1940–c. 1970 and published only after his death in 1990.
ˈælfə sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt wˈɜːk baɪ ɛmbɪɹˈɪkoʊz ɪz hɪz pˌoːɹnəɡɹˈæfɪk nˈɑːvəl mˈɛɡəz ˌænɐɾəlˈɪkoʊz ɹˈɪʔn̩ bᵻtwˌiːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈiː. nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ænd pˈʌblɪʃt ˈoʊnli ˈæftɚ hɪz dˈɛθ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti.