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Also Known As	Yeoryios Stilianou Sepheriades • Giōrgios Stylianou Seferiadēs
Born	March 13, 1900 • İzmir • Turkey
Died	September 20, 1971 (aged 71) • Athens • Greece
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1963)
Movement / Style	Symbolism

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