List of Greek Nobel laureates and nominees explained

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

Laureates

Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation
Citizens
1963Giorgos [Seferiadis] Seferis13 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]
1979Odysseas [Alepoudellis] Elytis2 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

Image Nominee Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s)
Literature
Demetrios Bernardakis3 December 1833 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece12 January 1907 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece1904, 1905Athanasios Bernardakis
(1844–1922)
Greece
Georgios Souris2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece1907Nikolaos Levidis
(1868–1942)
Greece
9 members of the Greek Artists' Association
1907, 1912Georgios Hatzidakis
(1848–1941)
Greece
1908name ineligible
1909
members of the Parnassos Literary Society
1911Hellenic Philological Society of Constantinople
Kostis Palamas13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933Simos Menardos
(1872–1933)
Greece
1928, 1930, 1935 Verner von Heidenstam
(1859–1940)
Sweden
1930, 1934Frederik Poulsen
(1876–1950)
Denmark
193110 members of the Academy of Athens
1934, 1936Harry Fett
(1875–1962)
Norway
1935Three professors
1936Sofia Antoniadou (?)
Greece
1937Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
Greece
19383 members of the Athens Academy of Science
1940Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
Greece
Yiorgos Theotokas27 April 1906 in Istanbul, Turkey30 October 1966 in Athens, Greece1945Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
Sweden
Angelos Sikelianos28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece1946Anders Österling
(1884–1981)
Sweden
1947Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
Greece
1948Elin Wägner
(1882–1949)
Sweden
Axel Waldemar Persson
(1888–1951)
Sweden
1949, 1951Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
Sweden
1950Hjalmar Gullberg
(1898–1961)
Sweden
Hellenic Authors' Society
Gregorios Xenopoulos9 December 1867 in Istanbul, Turkey14 January 1951 in Athens, Greece1947Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
Greece
Nikos Kazantzakis18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany1947Nikos Athanasiou Veēs
(1882–1958)
Greece
1950Hjalmar Gullberg
(1898–1961)
Sweden
1951Sigfrid Siwertz
(1882–1970)
Sweden
1952Norwegian Authors' Union
1953Hans Heiberg
(1904–1978)
Norway
1954Henry Olsson
(1896–1985)
Sweden
1955, 1956, 1957Society of Men of Letters of Greece
1955Lorentz Eckhoff
(1884–1974)
Norway
1956Johannes Andreasson Dale
(1898–1975)
Norway
1956, 1957Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986)
Georgios Drossinis9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece1947Phaidōn Koukoules
(1881–1956)
Greece
Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs
(1878–1966)
Greece
1947, 1948Geōrgios Oikonomos
(1882–1951)
Greece

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1963. nobelprize.org. 10 December 2023.
  2. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979. nobelprize.org. 10 December 2023.