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

Giorgos or George Seferis  the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (March 13 [O.S. February 29] 1900 – September 20, 1971), 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.

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