Seferis, George, 1900-1971

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Epithet: pseudonym of Georgios Seferiádēs, poet

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00028b

Seferis was a Greek diplomat and poet.

From the description of Compositions and correspondence, 1954-1971. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505834

From the guide to the George Seferis compositions and correspondence, 1954-1971., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

George Seferis was a Greek poet and the 1963 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

From the description of George Seferis photographs of Cyprus, 1953-1971 (bulk 1953-1955) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 78737493

George Seferis was a Greek diplomat, ambassador, poet and translator. He held various posts with the Royal Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1926-1962, serving in England, Albania, Egypt, Italy, and Turkey, and was ambassador to the United Nations, 1956-1957, and to Great Britain, 1957-1962. He was the author of a number of volumes of poetry, translated many works of T. S. Eliot into Greek, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963, and was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton University in 1965.

From the description of Selected papers of George Seferis, 1935-1993 (bulk 1940-1970) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 81515823

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Rex Warner collection of papers, 1920]-1967 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. Collection, 1958-1992 (inclusive). Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Seferis, George, 1900-1971. George Seferis photographs of Cyprus, 1953-1971 (bulk 1953-1955) Princeton University Library
creatorOf Seferis, George, 1900-1971. Selected papers of George Seferis, 1935-1993 (bulk 1940-1970) Princeton University Library
referencedIn Collection of musical scores, 1961-1996. Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Pickel, David. On a ray of winter light : for soprano, flute/alto flute, horn, viola, double bass, and harp / [music,] David Pickel ; from the poetry of George Seferis. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Keeley, Edmund. Edmund Keeley papers, 1947-2008. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Dekavalles, Antōnēs, 1920-. Antones Dekavalles papers, 1949-1993 (bulk 1970-1982) Princeton University Library
creatorOf Seferis, George, 1900-1971. Hē synomichia me tou phabrikio : manuscript, 1966-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Paredes, Hilda. Fuegos de San Juan / Hilda Paredes. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Louis MacNeice collection of papers, 1934]-1966 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Cone, Edward T. Four songs from Mythical story / by George Seferis ; translated by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard ; [music by] E.T. Cone. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Max Reinhardt papers, 1899-2006 British Library: Western Manuscripts
creatorOf Seferis, George, 1900-1971. Compositions and correspondence, 1954-1971. Houghton Library
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
creatorOf George Seferis Compositions and correspondence, 1954-1971 Houghton Library
referencedIn Correspondence between Reinhardt and Maria Zanna (known as Marō) Seferiades, widow of George Seferis (real name Seferiádes), relating to the publishing rights of George Seferis On the Greek style, which The Bodley Head had published in 1967. With a t..., 1960-1982 British Library
creatorOf Cone, Edward T. Four songs from Mythical story / by George Seferis ; translated by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard ; [music by] E.T. Cone. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf MacNeice, Louis, 1907-1963. Louis MacNeice collection of papers, [1934]-1966. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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associatedWith Cone, Edward T. person
associatedWith Dekavalles, Antōnēs, 1920- person
correspondedWith Giorgos Sepheres person
associatedWith Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. person
correspondedWith John Lincoln Sweeney person
correspondedWith Kaiser, Walter Jacob person
associatedWith Keeley, Edmund. person
associatedWith MacNeice, Louis, 1907-1963. person
associatedWith Mekeel, Joyce. person
associatedWith Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 person
correspondedWith Mrs. Giorgos Sepheres person
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Paredes, Hilda. person
associatedWith Pickel, David. person
correspondedWith Stravinskii, Igor, 1882-1971 person
associatedWith Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. person
correspondedWith Sweeney, Ciannait person
correspondedWith Sweeney, John Lincoln person
associatedWith Sweeney, John Lincoln, person
associatedWith Warner, Rex, 1905-1986 person
associatedWith Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Greece
England
Cyprus
Subject
Ambassadors
Novelists, American
Poets, American
Art, Byzantine
Art, Medieval
Classical antiquities
Diplomats
Poets, English
Greek poetry
Greek poetry
Greek poetry, Modern
Music
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prize winners
Poets, Greek
Poets, Greek
Translators
Translators
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1900-02-29

Death 1971-09-20

Male

Greeks

English,

Greek, Modern (1453-)

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