Giorgos Seferis — Greek Poet born on March 13, 1900, died on September 20, 1971

Giorgos or George Seferis, the pen name of Georgios Seferiades, was a Greek poet-diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate. He was a career diplomat in the Greek Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to the UK, a post which he held from 1957 to 1962... (wikipedia)

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.
I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.
Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?