George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel: A Biography

by Roderick Beaton

Book Overview

The first biography in any language of one of the world's greatest modernist poets

Poet, essayist, diarist, novelist, and diplomat, George Seferis brought about a revolution in the way people viewed his native Greece. Acclaimed for his thought-provoking lyric poetry, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. At the same time, he rose in the diplomatic corps to the position of Ambassador to Britain. This elegantly written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030019756X
• ISBN13: 9780300197563
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"