Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971)

Author of George Seferis: Collected Poems

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About the Author

Seferis, who was Greece's ambassador to London in 1961, has done much to integrate the unique Greek heritage with avant-garde European poetry. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of his time. Born in Smyrna, he moved to Athens at age 14. He studied in Paris at the end of World War I and show more afterward joined the Greek diplomatic service. "Eminent as he is as a European poet," wrote Rex Warner, "Seferis is preeminently a Greek poet, conscious of the Greek tradition which shaped, and indeed created the tradition of Europe. Throughout the poetry of Seferis one will notice his profound consciousness of the presence of the past and its weight." His themes show a constant awareness of both the dignity and the inevitable sorrow of humanity. His images---the voyage, the search, and the ruins that become alive and yet suggest death---are universal, his treatment of them contemporary. His language has a disciplined power and simplicity. In addition to the Poems, selections from his poetry appear in Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard's Six Poets of Modern Greece. The Royal Swedish Literary Academy awarded Seferis the Nobel Prize "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture." (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Giorgos Seferis

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George Seferis: Collected Poems (1971) 199 copies, 4 reviews

Poems (1960) 60 copies, 1 review

Complete Poems (1989) 52 copies, 2 reviews

A Poet's Journal: Days of 1945-51 (1973) 50 copies

Dikter (1970) 41 copies, 1 review

Penguin Modern European Poets : Four Greek Poets (1966) — Author — 34 copies

On the Greek style; selected essays in poetry and Hellenism (1967) 33 copies

Six Nights on the Acropolis by George Seferis (1984) 26 copies

Mithistórima y otros poemas (1983) 21 copies, 1 review

Three Secret Poems (1969) 21 copies

A Levant Journal (2007) 19 copies, 1 review

Poesie (1980) 19 copies

Poèmes, 1933-1955 (1985) 14 copies

Op de wijze van Y.S. en andere gedichten (1992) 11 copies

Μυθιστόρημα (1980) 10 copies

Novel and Other Poems [Greek, Modern (1453-)] (2015) 9 copies

Μέρες (1996) 8 copies

Δοκιμές (2013) 7 copies

ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΑ (2014) 7 copies

Mythistorima and Gymnopaidia (1978) 6 copies

Δοκιμές Δεύτερος τόμος (1948-1971) (2003) 5 copies

George Seferis to Henry Miller: Two Letters from Greece (1990) 5 copies

Πολιτικό ημερολόγιο Β : 1945 - 1947, 1949, 1952 5 copies

Le opere: Poesia prosa (1979) 4 copies

Alles voller Götter. Essays (1989) 4 copies

Le parole e i marmi 4 copies

Kapadokya Kaya Kiliselerinde Üç Gün (2015) 4 copies

Müütiline jutustus. Logiraamat. III (2019) 4 copies

Poesie 4 copies

Üç Kırmızı Güvercin, Şiirler, Denemeler (2016) 3 copies

El estilo griego, II : el sentimiento de eternidad (Spanish Edition) (1901) 3 copies

Μέρες Α' (16 Φεβρουαρίου 1925 - 17 Αυγούστου 1931) (1975) 3 copies

Poemas Escolhidos (2017) 3 copies

Μέρες Β' (24 Αυγούστου 1931 - !2 Φεβρουαρίου 1934) 3 copies

Delphi (1963) 3 copies

Antología Poética (Colección Visor de Poesía/Unesco) (1989) 3 copies

Bir ¿airin g©ơnl©ơ♯©ơ : 1945-1951 g©ơnleri : g©ơnl©ơk (2011) 2 copies

Poemas 2 copies

The king of Asine : and other poems 2 copies

ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ "ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑ" 2 copies

Seferis, stenarnas diktare 2 copies

Journées 1925-1944 (2021) 2 copies

Seferis-Bir Sairin Günlügü (2015) 2 copies

Oi phōtographies tou Giōrgou Sepherē (2000) 2 copies

Μέρες Γ' (16 Απρίλη 1934 - 14 Δεκέμβρη 1940) (1992) 2 copies

Meres / Μέρες Η' : 2 Γενάρη 1961 - 16 Δεκέμβρη 1963 2 copies

Μέρες Δ' (1 Γενάρη1941 - 31 Δεκέμβρη 1944) 2 copies

Μέρες Ε' (1 Γενάρη 1945 - 19 Απρίλη 1951) 2 copies

Seferis íntegro (2018) 2 copies

H Apocalypse tou Ioanni (1993) 2 copies

Three Days in The Monasteries of Cappocia (2013) 2 copies

Πολιτικό ημερολόγιο 2 copies

asma asmaton / άσμα ασμάτων (2005) 2 copies

Μεταγραφές 2 copies

Μέρες Γ΄ 2 copies

Stratis Sjøfareren : dikt (1990) 2 copies

ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟ ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ Α' 2 copies

Δοκιμές. Τρίτος τόμος. Παραλειπόμενα (1932-1971) (1992) 2 copies

Μέρες του 1945-1951 2 copies

Μέρες Γ 1 copy

omirou iliada v gymnasiou / ομήρου ιλιάδα β… (2006) 1 copy

Entre la vague et le vent (2017) 1 copy

Μέρες Α 1 copy

Diaris de bord (D'ací i d'allà) (Catalan Edition) (2019) 1 copy

Μέρες Β 1 copy

Στροφή 1 copy

Monolog mbi poezine dhe ese te tjera 1 copy, 1 review

Un poeta greco a Stoccolma (2016) 1 copy

Poezi 1 copy

Ποιήματα 1 copy

ΜΙΚΡΑΣΙΑΤΙΚA / MİKRASYATİKA ANADOLU Günlük 1948-1950 1 copy

dokimes (1936-1947) / δοκιμές (1936-1947) (1992) 1 copy

Ἡ Στέρνα 1 copy

simadia tou aigaiou / σημαδια του… (2007) 1 copy

Profil (1998) 1 copy

Diario di bordi, III : ... Cipro, dove mi predisse ... 1 copy

dokimes (1948-1971) / δοκιμές (1948-1971) (1992) 1 copy

nikola tesla, o profitis tou 21ou aiona (2008) 1 copy

Opere 1 copy

Μέρες Θ 1 copy

Giorni, 16 febbraio 1925-17 agosto 1931 (2015) 1 copy

Seçme Şiirler 1 copy

simpolet / σιμπολέτ (2010) 1 copy

andros anothen / άνδρος άνωθεν (2012) 1 copy

Días 1931-1934 (2023) 1 copy

Μέρες Η 1 copy

Μέρες ΣΤ 1 copy

Μέρες Δ 1 copy

Τετράδιο Γυμνασμάτων (1928-1937) 1 copy

santorini / σαντορίνη (2008) 1 copy

El poeta y su trabajo vol. II 1 copy

Quelques points de la tradition grecque moderne 1 copy

Δοκιμές 1 copy

Άσμα ασμάτων 1 copy

Χειρόγραφο Σεπτ. '41 1 copy

Εκλογή από τις δοκιμές 1 copy

Μέρες του 20 Απρίλη 1951 - 4 Αυγούστου 1956 1 copy

Γιώργος Σεφέρης: η μνήμη όπου και να την αγγίξεις πονεί 1 copy

Δοκιμές (1936-1947) 1 copy

Ποιήματα με ζωγραφιές σε μικρά παιδιά 1 copy

"Kypriakes" epistoles tou Sephere, 1954-1962: Apo ten allelographia tou me ton G.P. Savvide (Greek Edition) 1 copy

This Dialectic of Blood and Light: George Seferis - Philip Sherrard: An Exchange 1947 - 1971 (Romiosyni Series) (2015) 1 copy

Σεφέρης και Μαρώ: Αλληλογραφία Α΄(1936-1940) 1 copy

El zorzal y otros poemas 1 copy

Giorgos Seferis, Mikhail Sholokhov, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Carl Spitteler 1 copy

[Tria krypha poiemata]: Three secret poems, (1969) 1 copy

Calligram : a poem 1 copy

between the symplegades 1 copy

Seferis : Choix De Poemes 1 copy

The Log-Book of George Seferis 1 copy

Modern Poetry in Translation: Greece 1 copy

Κρυφά ποιήματα 1 copy

"Αγαπητέ μου Γιώργο" : Αλληλογραφία (1924-1970). Τόμος πρώτος: 1924-1940 (2009) 1 copy

Μέρες Στ΄ 1 copy

Días 1925-1968 (1997) 1 copy

Μέρες ΣΤ' (20 Απρίλη 1951 - 4 Αυγούστου 1956) 1 copy

Ποιήματα 1 copy

Zestien Haiku 1 copy

Collected Poems 1 copy

Mythistorema 1 copy

Diálogo sobre la poesía y otros ensayos (1988) 1 copy

Giorgos Seferis 1 copy

Samlede digte (2017) 1 copy

Dodici poesie 1 copy

"Αγαπητέ μου Γιώργο" : Αλληλογραφία (1924-1970). Τόμος δεύτερος: 1946-1970 (2009) 1 copy

Poiimata by seferis giorgos / ????????-??????? ?3?1?????3???? (1998-08-06) (1546) 1 copy

Piimata [Poems] 1 copy

Izbrane pesmi / Kohylia, synnefa, E sterna, Mythistorema, Gymnopaidia, Tetradio gymnasmaton, Emerologio… 1 copy

Discours de Stockholm 1 copy

Journal de bord (2011) 1 copy

THE CHARIOTEER 1 copy

Έξι νύχτες στην Ακρόπολη 1 copy

Εκατό χρόνια απο τη γέννηση του (1900-2000) ΕΠΙΛΟΓΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΟΥ 1 copy

Δοκιμές. Δεύτερος τόμος (1948-1971) 1 copy

Ποιήματα 1 copy

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Legal name: Seferiades, Giorgios Stylianou
Sepheriades, Yeoryios Stilianou
Birthdate: 1900-03-13
Date of death: 1971-09-20
Burial location: First Cemetery in Athens, Greece
Gender: male
Nationality: Greece
Birthplace: Urla, Turkey
Place of death: Athens, Greece
Places of residence: Urla, Turkki
Ateena, Kreikka
Pariisi, Ranska
Education: Sorbonne (Law)
Occupations: diplomat
ambassador
poet
essayist
Relationships: Tsatsos, Jeanne (sister)
Organizations: American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1971)
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize (Literature, 1963)

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George Seferis Collected Poems by George Seferis

3.5*

While I liked some of the poems very much, overall Seferis didn't really speak to me.

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leslie.98 | 3 other reviews | Jun 27, 2023 |

Monolog mbi poezine dhe ese te tjera by Jorgos Seferis

Jorgos Seferis vjen me një tjetër përmasë; atë të estetit. Janë 17 esetë në këtë përmbledhje: "Hyrje në poezinë e T.S. Eliot-it", "Mbi një fragment nga Pirandello", "Dialog mbi poezinë", "Monolog mbi poezinë", "Arti dhe epoka", "Fjalim në Stokholm", "Dy fjalë për traditën e re greke", "Në 700-vjetorin e Dantes", të sjella në shqip nga Romeo Çollaku

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BibliotekaFeniks | Jun 28, 2021 |

George Seferis, Collected Poems by George Seferis

While I liked some of the poems very much, overall Seferis didn't really speak to me.

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leslie.98 | 3 other reviews | Oct 19, 2017 |

Poems by George Seferis

I don't know if it was the translation or the poems themselves but these appealed more to my intellect than my emotions. However, I liked them enough that I will try to read more by Seferis

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leslie.98 | Dec 20, 2016 |

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