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Giorgos Seferis

1900 - 1971

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Giorgos or George Seferis (; Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης [ˈʝorɣos seˈferis]), the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 28] 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgos Seferis is the 354th most popular writer (up from 489th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 217th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Turkish Writer.

Giorgos Seferis is most famous for his poetry. He was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1900 and died in Athens in 1971.

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Among writers, Giorgos Seferis ranks 354 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Valéry, Simonides of Ceos, Marguerite Duras, Peter Drucker, Roald Dahl, and Luqman. After him are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, O. Henry, John Keats, Jane Hawking, Zosimus, and Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus.

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Among people born in 1900, Giorgos Seferis ranks 20. Before him are Hans Frank, Gladwyn Jebb, Dennis Gabor, Spencer Tracy, Heinrich Müller, and Eyvind Johnson. After him are Adlai Stevenson II, Margaret Mitchell, Vasily Chuikov, Urho Kekkonen, Adolf Dassler, and Jacques Prévert. Among people deceased in 1971, Giorgos Seferis ranks 12. Before him are Jim Morrison, Paul Karrer, John Boyd Orr, György Lukács, Wendell Meredith Stanley, and Audie Murphy. After him are Fernandel, Hermann Hoth, J. D. Bernal, Theodor Svedberg, Arne Tiselius, and Mátyás Rákosi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Giorgos Seferis ranks 173 out of 1,347. Before him are Nikephoros II Phokas (912), Andromache (null), Samuel of Bulgaria (958), Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853), Baldwin II, Latin Emperor (1217), and Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259). After him are Justin II (520), Clement of Ohrid (840), Zosimus (460), Gemistus Pletho (1355), Alaeddin Pasha (1250), and Sabbatai Zevi (1626).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Giorgos Seferis ranks 9. Before him are Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), Lucian (120), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), and Anna Komnene (1083). After him are Zosimus (460), Novatian (220), Yunus Emre (1240), André Chénier (1762), Aratus (-315), and Gregory of Narek (951).

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