The Nobel Prize in Literature 1963
Awarded on: 1963-10-24
"for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"
Giorgos Seferis
Born: 1900-03-13 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now Izmir, Turkey)
Gender: male
Field: Greek poet and diplomat (1900–1971)
Biography
Giorgos or George Seferis, the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis, was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate.