George Seferis
Greek poet and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in 1963. His poetry draws on ancient Greek myth to express the condition of modern Greece, and Mythistorema is his masterpiece.
Works
- Strophe
- Imerologio KatastromatosShip logbook diary combining personal reflection and philosophical meditation
- MythistoremaModernist poem sequence evoking ancient Greek mythology and modern exile
- KipriakaPoetry cycle about Cyprus and Mediterranean landscape and history
- Collected PoemsSelected poems from influential modernist Greek poet and Nobel laureate