Giorgos Seferis

1900 - 1971

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movement: Thirties Generation

country of citizenship: Greece

native language: Greek

languages spoken, written or signed: Greek, French, English, Modern Greek

educated at: University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

occupation: poet, diplomat, translator, writer

award received: Nobel Prize in Literature

position held: ambassador

Giorgos or George Seferis (; Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης [ˈʝorɣos seˈferis]), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 29] 1900 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate. He was a career diplomat in the Greek Foreign Service, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to the UK, a post which he held from 1957 to 1962. Source: Wikipedia (en)