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List of Greek Nobel laureates and nominees

As of 2023, Greece has produced 2 Nobel laureates and both in the field of literature.

Laureates edit

Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation
Citizens
1963   Giorgos [Seferiadis] Seferis 13 May 1900 in Urla, İzmir, Ottoman Empire 20 September 1971 in Athens, Greece Literature "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture."[1]
1979   Odysseas [Alepoudellis] Elytis 2 November 1911 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece 18 March 1996 in Athens, Greece Literature "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness."[2]

Nominations edit

Nominees edit

Image Nominee Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s)
Literature
  Demetrios Bernardakis 3 December 1833 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece 12 January 1907 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece 1904, 1905 Athanasios Bernardakis
(1844–1922)
  Greece
  Georgios Souris 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece 1907 Nikolaos Levidis
(1868–1942)
  Greece
9 members of the Greek Artists' Association
1907, 1912 Georgios Hatzidakis
(1848–1941)
  Greece
1908 name ineligible
1909
members of the Parnassos Literary Society
1911 Hellenic Philological Society of Constantinople[a]
  Kostis Palamas 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 Simos Menardos
(1872–1933)
  Greece
1928, 1930, 1935   Verner von Heidenstam
(1859–1940)
  Sweden
1930, 1934 Frederik Poulsen
(1876–1950)
  Denmark
1931 10 members of the Academy of Athens[b]
1934, 1936 Harry Fett
(1875–1962)
  Norway
1935 Three professors[c]
1936 Sofia Antoniadou (?)
  Greece
1937 Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
  Greece
1938 3 members of the Athens Academy of Science
1940 Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
  Greece
  Yiorgos Theotokas 27 April 1906 in Istanbul, Turkey 30 October 1966 in Athens, Greece 1945 Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
  Sweden
  Angelos Sikelianos 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece 1946 Anders Österling
(1884–1981)
  Sweden
1947 Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
  Greece
1948 Elin Wägner
(1882–1949)
  Sweden
Axel Waldemar Persson
(1888–1951)
  Sweden
1949, 1951 Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
  Sweden
1950 Hjalmar Gullberg
(1898–1961)
  Sweden
Hellenic Authors' Society
  Gregorios Xenopoulos 9 December 1867 in Istanbul, Turkey 14 January 1951 in Athens, Greece 1947 Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
  Greece[d]
  Nikos Kazantzakis 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 1947 Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
  Greece
1950 Hjalmar Gullberg
(1898–1961)
  Sweden
1951 Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
  Sweden
1952 Norwegian Authors' Union
1953 Hans Heiberg
(1904–1978)
  Norway
1954 Henry Olsson
(1896–1985)
  Sweden
1955, 1956, 1957 Society of Men of Letters of Greece
1955 Lorentz Eckhoff
(1884–1974)
  Norway
1956 Johannes Andreasson Dale
(1898–1975)
  Norway
1956, 1957 Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986)
  Georgios Drossinis 9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece 3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece 1947 Phaidōn Koukoules[e]
(1881–1956)
  Greece
Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs[e]
(1878–1966)
  Greece
1947, 1948 Geōrgios Oikonomos
(1882–1951)
  Greece

Notes edit

  1. ^ The nomination was made by the president and secretary of the Hellenic Philological Society in Constantinople, Turkey.
  2. ^ Kostis Palamas was also nominated by professors of Modern Greek in Paris, France and Leiden, Netherlands.
  3. ^ Three professors of literature and/or history from the University of Athens, Greece.
  4. ^ Several other members of the Academy of Athens joined in the nomination.
  5. ^ a b Several other members of the Academy of Athens joined in the nomination.

References edit

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1963". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

References edit

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