Giorgos Seferis

Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971) · Turkey · Writers · Died at 71

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A Greek diplomat who spent decades in foreign service and somehow became one of the century's essential poets - then won the Nobel Prize for it.

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1971Died20 September 19711968Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-MarseilleAward1964“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”In their words17 January 1964"Greek poet's odyssey", 17 Jan 1964, LIFE Magazine, ‎Vol. 56, No. 3, Page 75.Read the whole statement

1963Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward1942“I want no more than to speak simply to be granted that grace.”In their words"An Old Man on the River Bank" (1942) Logbooks I, George Seferis: Collected Poems, 1924-1955 (1967) Tr. , .Read the whole statement

1900Born13 March 1900

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Βασίλης Παπαδόπουλος , "Διπλωματία και Ποίηση, η περίπτωση του Γιώργου Σεφέρη.", Αθήνα, 2019, εκδόσεις Ίκαρος

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Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
Jan 17, 1964, "Greek poet's odyssey", 17 Jan 1964, LIFE Magazine, ‎Vol. 56, No. 3, Page 75., Own words
I want no more than to speak simply to be granted that grace.
1942, "An Old Man on the River Bank" (1942) Logbooks I, George Seferis: Collected Poems, 1924-1955 (1967) Tr. , ., Own words
I awoke with this marble head in my hands which exhausts my elbows and I do not know where to set it down.
Part of the Mythistorema, used in Theo Angelopoulos' movie Megalexandros and in the opening of Olympic Games in Athens 2004., Own words

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Awards

Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Aix-Marseille1968

Nobel Prize in Literature1963

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Spouse Maro Seferi

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Georgios Seferiadis was born in 1900 and adopted the pen name Giorgos Seferis early in his writing life. He built a parallel career in the Greek Foreign Service, moving through postings while publishing poetry that would reshape modern Greek literature. By the mid-20th century he was recognized as one of Greece's most important poets, a reputation that carried him to ambassadorial rank. From 1957 to 1962 he served as Ambassador to the UK. The Nobel committee named him a laureate before his death in 1971.

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Turkey

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