WRITER

Giorgos Seferis

1900 - 1971

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Giorgos or George Seferis (; Greek: Γιώργος Σεφέρης [ˈʝorɣos seˈferis]), the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 [O.S. February 29] 1900 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giorgos Seferis has received more than 291,392 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Giorgos Seferis is the 489th most popular writer (up from 521st in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 233rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Writer.

Giorgos Seferis is most famous for his poetry. He was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1900 and died in Athens in 1971.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poesie
2016
Logbucher Poesie Und Prosa
Estilo Griego II
1998
Todo Esta Lleno de Dioses - El Estilo Griego III
2000
Alles voller Gotter
1989
Wenn Wasser wäre, 1 Audio-CD
2000

Page views of Giorgos Seferises by language

Over the past year Giorgos Seferis has had the most page views in the with 71,583 views, followed by English (37,719), and French (7,106). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hakka (240.32%), Kazakh (192.06%), and Ido (81.05%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Giorgos Seferis ranks 489 out of 7,302. Before him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Luo Guanzhong, Edward Said, Vuk Karadžić, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Wu Cheng'en. After him are Ilya Ehrenburg, Ludvig Holberg, Alessandro Manzoni, Eugene O'Neill, Muhammad Iqbal, and Patricia Highsmith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Giorgos Seferis ranks 24. Before him are Sándor Márai, Jacques Prévert, Charles Francis Richter, Urho Kekkonen, Eyvind Johnson, and Hans Fritzsche. After him are Hans Adolf Krebs, Richard Kuhn, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Kurt Weill, Jan Oort, and Choe Yong-gon. Among people deceased in 1971, Giorgos Seferis ranks 16. Before him are Fernandel, Hermann Hoth, Arne Tiselius, Theodor Svedberg, Mátyás Rákosi, and Lin Biao. After him are Harold Lloyd, Arne Jacobsen, Donald Winnicott, Wilhelm List, Franz Stangl, and Gotthard Heinrici.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Giorgos Seferis ranks 195 out of 1,347. Before him are Theodore of Amasea (300), Sabiha Gökçen (1913), Michael I Rangabe (770), Fatma Sultan (1500), Gregory Palamas (1296), and Zoë Porphyrogenita (978). After him are Cemal Gürsel (1895), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Arcesilaus (-315), Romanos II (938), Xenocrates (-396), and Cleanthes (-330).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Giorgos Seferis ranks 10. Before him are Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), Anna Komnene (1083), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Yunus Emre (1240), and Ammianus Marcellinus (330). After him are Aratus (-315), Theodore the Studite (759), André Chénier (1762), Novatian (220), Dio Chrysostom (40), and Ahmad Khani (1650).

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