Real name: Giorgos Seferiadis. He was born in
Smyrna in
1900. Died in
1971. His father, a University professor, is considered the best translator of
Lord Byron's poetry. He finished high school in
Athens and then continued his studies in law and literature in
Paris. Despite his real interest in philology and art, he followed a diplomat's career. In
1963 he received the
Nobel Prize for Literature.