Giorgos Seferis
Giorgos Seferis Giorgos Seferis at age 21 (1921) Born Georgios Seferiades March 13 [O.S. February 29] 1900 Urla, Ottoman Empire Died September 20, 1971(1971-09-20) (aged 71) Athens, Greece Occupation Poet, diplomat Nationality Greek Literary movement Modernism, Generation of the '30s Notable awards Nobel Prize in Literature 1963 Giorgos or George Seferis (Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 29] 1900 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet-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.