Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)

Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) is a person.

• See: Greek Author, 20th Century Author, Existentialism in Literature, Religion in Literature, Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ, Cretan History, Ottoman Empire.

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2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis Retrieved:2023-7-14.
  • Nikos Kazantzakis (; 2 March (OS 18 February) 1883 26 October 1957) was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years. Kazantzakis's novels included Zorba the Greek (published in 1946 as Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas), Christ Recrucified (1948), Captain Michalis (1950, translated Freedom or Death), and The Last Temptation of Christ (1955). He also wrote plays, travel books, memoirs, and philosophical essays, such as The Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises. His fame spread in the English-speaking world due to cinematic adaptations of Zorba the Greek (1964) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). He also translated a number of notable works into Modern Greek, such as the Divine Comedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On the Origin of Species, and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

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