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Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971)

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Giorgos or George Seferis (), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and 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.

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Pen Names: Γιώργος Σεφέρης

Alternative Names: George Seferis • George Seferiadis • Giorgos Seferiadis

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I awoke with this marble head in my hands which exhausts my elbows and I do not know where to set it down.

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.