Denial (
Greek: Άρνηση) is a poem by
Giorgos Seferis
Giorgos or George Seferis (; gr, Γιώργος Σεφέρης ), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important G ...
(1900–1971) published in his collection ''Turning Point'' (Στροφή "Strophe") in 1931. After the
coup that overthrew the Greek government in 1967, Seferis went into voluntary seclusion and many of his poems were banned, including the musical versions which
Mikis Theodorakis had written and arranged. ''Denial'' came to be the anthem of resistance to the regime and was sung by the enormous crowds lining the streets at Seferis' funeral.
Sources
*''George Seferis'', Edmund Keeley,
Philip Sherrard
Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard (23 September 1922 – 30 May 1995) was a British author and translator. His work includes translations of Modern Greek poets, and books on Modern Greek literature and culture, metaphysics, theology, art and aesthet ...
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*''George Seferis: Complete Poems George Seferis'', Edmund Keeley (Translator),
Philip Sherrard
Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard (23 September 1922 – 30 May 1995) was a British author and translator. His work includes translations of Modern Greek poets, and books on Modern Greek literature and culture, metaphysics, theology, art and aesthet ...
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*''A Poet's Journal: Days of 1945-1951'', George Seferis, Athanasios Anagnostopoulos (Translator) 1583485341
1931 poems
Greek poems
Generation of the '30s