List of Greek Nobel laureates and nominees

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

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Laureates

YearImageLaureateBornDiedFieldCitation
Citizens
1963 Giorgos Seferis 1963.jpg Giorgos [Seferiadis] Seferis 13 May 1900 in Urla, İzmir, Ottoman Empire20 September 1971 in Athens, GreeceLiterature"for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture." [1]
1979 Odysseas Elytis 1974 (cropped).jpg Odysseas [Alepoudellis] Elytis 2 November 1911 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece18 March 1996 in Athens, GreeceLiterature"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

Nominees

ImageNomineeBornDiedYears NominatedCitationNominator(s)
Literature
Demetrios N. Bernardakes (cropped).jpg Demetrios Bernardakis 3 December 1833 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece12 January 1907 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece 1904, 1905 Athanasios Bernardakis
(1844–1922)
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Georgios Souris 122 (cropped).JPG Georgios Souris 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece 1907 Nikolaos Levidis
(1868–1942)
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9 members of the Greek Artists' Association
1907, 1912 Georgios Hatzidakis
(1848–1941)
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1908 name ineligible
1909
members of the Parnassos Literary Society
1911 Hellenic Philological Society of Constantinople [lower-alpha 1]
Kostis Palamas (Imerologion Skokou 1891) (cropped).jpg Kostis Palamas 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 Simos Menardos
(1872–1933)
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1928, 1930, 1935 Nobel prize winner.svg Verner von Heidenstam
(1859–1940)
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1930, 1934 Frederik Poulsen
(1876–1950)
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1931 10 members of the Academy of Athens [lower-alpha 2]
1934, 1936 Harry Fett
(1875–1962)
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1935 Three professors [lower-alpha 3]
1936 Sofia Antoniadou (?)
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1937 Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
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1938 3 members of the Athens Academy of Science
1940 Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
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BLANK ICON (cropped).png Yiorgos Theotokas 27 April 1906 in Istanbul, Turkey30 October 1966 in Athens, Greece 1945 Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
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Sikelianos (cropped).jpg Angelos Sikelianos 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece 1946 Anders Österling
(1884–1981)
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1947 Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
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1948 Elin Wägner
(1882–1949)
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Axel Waldemar Persson
(1888–1951)
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1949, 1951 Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
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1950 Hjalmar Gullberg
(1898–1961)
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Hellenic Authors' Society
Grigorios Xenopoulos (cropped).JPG Gregorios Xenopoulos 9 December 1867 in Istanbul, Turkey14 January 1951 in Athens, Greece 1947 Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
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Nikos Kazantzakis 1904 (cropped).jpg Nikos Kazantzakis 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 1947 Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
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1950 Hjalmar Gullberg
(1898–1961)
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1951 Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
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1952 Norwegian Authors' Union
1953 Hans Heiberg
(1904–1978)
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1954 Henry Olsson
(1896–1985)
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1955, 1956, 1957 Society of Men of Letters of Greece
1955 Lorentz Eckhoff
(1884–1974)
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1956 Johannes Andreasson Dale
(1898–1975)
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1956, 1957 Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986)
Georgios Drosinis 2 (cropped).jpg Georgios Drossinis 9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece 1947 Phaidōn Koukoules [lower-alpha 5]
(1881–1956)
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Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs [lower-alpha 5]
(1878–1966)
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1947, 1948 Geōrgios Oikonomos
(1882–1951)
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Notes

  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. 1 2 Several other members of the Academy of Athens joined in the nomination.

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