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Seferis

British  
/ səˈfɛərɪs /

noun

  1. George. pen name of Georgios Seferiades. 1900–71, Greek poet and diplomat: Nobel prize for literature 1963

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He also translated the works of his friend, the Greek poet George Seferis.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2016

On the eve of World War II, Greek Poet George Seferis took the measure of impending events and sadly quoted Germany's pre-Romantic Poet Friedrich Holderlin: "What is the use of poets in a mean-spirited time?"

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The Seferis flavor of pessimism does not arise from resentment induced by a bruised ego or a frail sensibility.

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To Seferis, on the other hand, history is a parable of man's oft deluded but intrinsically noble search for his own soul.

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It is this cruel sense of the past that makes both Seferis and Cavafy poets of defeat.

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