orig. Giōrgios Stylianou Seferiadēs or Yeoryios Stilianou Sepheriades
born March 13, 1900, Smyrna, Anatolia, Ottoman Empire
died Sept. 20, 1971, Athens, Greece
Greek poet, essayist, and diplomat.
He studied law in Paris and held various diplomatic posts from 1926 to 1962. His poetry appeared in a number of collections beginning with I strofí (1931; "The Turning Point"). He is considered the leading Greek poet of "the generation of the '30s," which introduced Symbolism to modern Greek literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963.