Which Greek poet won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature 'for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world'?
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Correct answer: B. George Seferis bridging modernism and heritage
- Step 1: George Seferis (Giorgos Seferiadis, 1900–1971) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963, becoming Greece's first laureate. His groundbreaking work, including 'Mythistorema' and 'The King of Asine', fused T. S. Eliot's modernism with timeless Greek tragedy. Answer: George Seferis bridging modernism and heritage. Why not the others: "Odysseas Elytis surrealist" won the Nobel Prize sixteen years later, in 1979, for works like 'Axion Esti'; "Yannis Ritsos lyricist" was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1977 and was nominated repeatedly for the Nobel; "Angelos Sikelianos visionary" was a perennial Nobel nominee in the 1940s alongside Kazantzakis, but never won.
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