Person    | Male  Born 13/3/1900  Died 20/9/1971

George Seferis

Categories: Poetry, Politics & Administration

Countries: Greece

Greek Ambassador 1957 - 62. Poet and Nobel laureate (literature, 1963). Born Smyrna. Died Athens.

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George Seferis

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George Seferis

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