Giorgos Seferis Quotes

Giorgos or George Seferis , the pen name of Georgios Seferiades , was a Greek poet-diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate. He was a career diplomat in the Greek Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to the UK, a post which he held from 1957 to 1962. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. March 1900 – 20. September 1971
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Giorgos Seferis Quotes

“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.”

Source: "Greek poet's odyssey", 17 Jan 1964, LIFE Magazine, ‎Vol. 56, No. 3, Page 75.

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