List of Greek Nobel laureates and nominees

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

Laureates

Year	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

Nominees

Image	Nominee	Born	Died	Years Nominated	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
				1907	9 members of the Greek Artists' Association
				1907, 1912	Georgios Hatzidakis (1848–1941) Greece
				1908	name ineligible
				1909	Pavlos Karolidis (1849–1930) Greece Dimitrios Patsopoulos (1845–1920) Greece
				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
				1948	Axel Waldemar Persson (1888–1951) Sweden
				1949, 1951	Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970) Sweden
				1950	Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961) Sweden
				1950	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
				1947	Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs^[e] (1878–1966) Greece
				1947, 1948	Geōrgios Oikonomos (1882–1951) Greece

Notes

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

References

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

References

[3] The nomination was made by the president and secretary of the Hellenic Philological Society in Constantinople, Turkey.

[4] Kostis Palamas was also nominated by professors of Modern Greek in Paris, France and Leiden, Netherlands.

[5] Three professors of literature and/or history from the University of Athens, Greece.

[6] Several other members of the Academy of Athens joined in the nomination.

[sev-7] Several other members of the Academy of Athens joined in the nomination.

[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.

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