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

Giorgos Seferis, Greek Poet

Politics, Greece, Living, Solidarity, Spirit

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

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