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Giorgos Seferis
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.
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culture · Greek poet and diplomat (1900–1971) · poet · translator · writer · ambassador · also Giorgos Seferis, George Seferis, George Seferiadis, Giorgos Seferiadis, Seferis
Born 13 March 1900 · Died 20 September 1971 · Q165823
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2026· 3 entries
Moviefone: Giorgos Seferis: Poet and Citizen. A Journey in Space and Time - Where to Watch
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Moviefone: Deck Logs: Giorgos Seferis - Where to Watch
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2018· 1 entry
Premiere.fr: Giorgos Seferis
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2014· 1 entry
AlloCiné: Les films similaires à "Imerologia katastromatos - Giorgos Seferis"
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2010· 1 entry
Cineuropa: GIORGOS SEFERIS, THE POET IN THE LAND OF ECLIPSE
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2004· 1 entry
The band Sigmatropic released "16 Haiku & Other Stories," an album dedicated to and lyrically derived from Seferis's work
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1999· 1 entry
There was a dispute over the naming of a street in İzmir Yorgos Seferis Sokagi due to continuing ill-feeling over the Greco-Turkish War in the early 1920s
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1974· 1 entry
As a direct result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which had itself been prompted by the junta's attempt to overthrow Cyprus's president, Archbishop Makarios III
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1971· 1 entry
Died 1971-09-20.
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1969· 1 entry
Made a statement on the BBC World Service, with copies simultaneously distributed to every newspaper in Athens
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Aix-Marseille (1968).
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1967· 1 entry
The repressive nationalist, right-wing Regime of the Colonels took power in Greece after a coup d'état
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1963· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1963).
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Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture
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1962· 1 entry
And it was the 1963 nomination again by Eyvind Johnson that won him the prize
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1942· 1 entry
“An Old Man on the River Bank”
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1941· 1 entry
On the eve of the German invasion of Greece
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1925· 1 entry
And was admitted to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the following year
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1914· 1 entry
The family moved to Athens, where Seferis completed his secondary school education
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1900· 1 entry
Born 1900-03-13.
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