George Seferis (Author of 螤慰喂萎渭伪蟿伪)

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George Seferis

Born

in Urla, Smyrna (then Asia Minor), Turkey

December 13, 1901

Died

September 20, 1971

Genre

Poetry

Influences

T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound ...more

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George Seferis, pen name of Georgios Seferiadis,
Greek: 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼

Awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture."
First Greek to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 3,903 ratings · 316 reviews · 129 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	螤慰喂萎渭伪蟿伪 by George Seferis, 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼 4.54 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 1950 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems by George Seferis, Edmund Keeley (Translator), Philip Sherrard (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1969	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	螆尉喂谓蠉蠂蟿蔚蟼蟽蟿畏谓螒魏蟻蠈蟺慰位畏 by George Seferis, 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼 3.75 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 1974 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Poems by George Seferis, Edmund Keeley (Translator/Editor), Philip Sherrard (Translator/Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	螠蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蚁畏渭伪 by George Seferis, 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼 4.60 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	螠苇蟻蔚蟼螒蝿 by George Seferis, 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼 4.62 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Poet's Journal: Days of 1945-1951 by George Seferis, Athan Anagnostopoulos (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novel and Other Poems by George Seferis, Roderick Beaton (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 64 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	危蟿蚁慰蠁萎 by George Seferis, 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼 4.54 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1931	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	螠苇蟻蔚蟼螔蝿 by George Seferis, 螕喂蠋蟻纬慰蟼危蔚蠁苇蟻畏蟼 4.49 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by George Seferis (?)

“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”
― Giorgos Seferis

tags: humour, influence

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“My old friend, what are you looking for?
After years abroad you鈥檝e come back
with images you鈥檝e nourished
under foreign skies
far from you own country.鈥�

鈥業鈥檓 looking for my old garden;
the trees come to my waist
and the hills resemble terraces
yet as a child
I used to play on the grass
under great shadows
and I would run for hours
breathless over the slopes.鈥�

鈥楳y old friend, rest,
you鈥檒l get used to it little by little;
together we will climb
the paths you once knew,
we will sit together
under the plane trees鈥� dome.
They鈥檒l come back to you little by little,
your garden and your slopes.鈥�

鈥業鈥檓 looking for my old house,
the tall windows
darkened by ivy;
I鈥檓 looking for the ancient column
known to sailors.
How can I get into this coop?
The roof comes to my shoulders
and however far I look
I see men on their knees
as though saying their prayers.鈥�

鈥楳y old friend, don鈥檛 you hear me?
You鈥檒l get used to it little by little.
Your house is the one you see
and soon friends and relatives
will come knocking at the door
to welcome you back tenderly.鈥�

鈥榃hy is your voice so distant?
Raise your head a little
so that I understand you.
As you speak you grow
gradually smaller
as though you鈥檙e sinking into the ground.鈥�

鈥楳y old friend, stop a moment and think:
you鈥檒l get used to it little by little.
Your nostalgia has created
a non-existent country, with laws
alien to earth and man.鈥�

鈥楴ow I can鈥檛 hear a sound.
My last friend has sunk.
Strange how from time to time
they level everything down.
Here a thousand scythe-bearing chariots go past
and mow everything down”
― George Seferis

tags: friends

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“And a soul
if it is to know itself
must look
into its own soul:
the stranger and enemy, we've seen him in the mirror.”
― George Seferis

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