Description
The Nobel Prize committee recognising him as a `representative Hellenic poet'. An eminent dioplomat, Seferis served as Royal Greek Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1961 was an Elected Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and became an Honorary Fellow of the Modern Language Association
About the Author
George Seferis (1900-1971) was born near Smyrna in Asia Minor. His long and distinguished diplomatic career began in 1925: he was appointed Ambassador to the UK, a post which he held from 1957 to 1962. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. He famously opposed the Greek junta of the Colonels in a BBC radio broadcast in 1969. Roderick Beaton's biography, George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel, appeared in 2003.
Reviews
'One of the greatest writers in this century in any language ... From Seferis it was possible to learn ... what seriousness about poetry is.' - Peter Levi
Awards
Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature 1963.
Book Information
ISBN 9781784106676
Author George Seferis
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Carcanet Classics
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 24mm