I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

How can you dare teach a man to read until you’ve taught him everything else first?

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.

They are children of many men, our words

For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.

I watched you with all the light and darkness I have”Giorgos Seferis

Ich schau dich mit all dem Licht und Dunkel an, das ich habe “G.Seferis

My old friend, what are you looking for?After years abroad you’ve come backwith images you’ve nourishedunder foreign skiesfar from you own country.’‘I’m looking for my old garden;the trees come to my waistand the hills resemble...

Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.