Seferis
Britishnoun
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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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