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