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. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1963, announced October 24, 1963. Giorgos Seferis, “for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture”. Giorgos Seferis: born 1900, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now Izmir, Turkey). Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).