Nikos Kazantzakis

Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)

Nikos Kazantzakis (Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης [ˈnikos kazanˈd͡zacis]; 2 March (OS 18 February) 1883[2] – 26 October 1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher.[3][4] He is considered by many people to be one of the greatest writers of modern Greek literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.[5] He remains the Greek author whose work has been translated in most languages worldwide.[6]

Nikos Kazantzakis
Kazantzakis in 1904
Kazantzakis in 1904
Born (1883-03-02)2 March 1883

Kandiye, Crete, Ottoman Empire (now Heraklion, Greece)
Died 26 October 1957(1957-10-26) (aged 74)
Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany (now Germany)
Resting place Martinengo, Venetian Walls of Heraklion
Occupation Poet, novelist, essayist, travel writer, philosopher, playwright, journalist, translator
Nationality Greek
Education University of Athens (1902–1906; J.D., 1906)[1]
University of Paris (1907–1909; DrE, 1909)[1]
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Kazantzakis' works include Zorba the Greek (published in 1946 as Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas), Christ Recrucified (1948) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1955). He also wrote theatrical plays, travel books, memoirs, and essays about philosophy. He became famous in the English-speaking world thanks to the movies Zorba the Greek (1964) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), that were based on his books of the same titles.

He also translated a number of famous works into Modern Greek, such as the Divine Comedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and On the Origin of Species. He wrote Modern Greek editions of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.[7]

References

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  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Nikos Kazantzakis" at E.KE.BI / Biblionet
  2. Bien, Peter, "Introduction", The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis, Princeton University Press, p. 691, doi:10.2307/j.ctt7t6d9.3, retrieved 2024-01-03
  3. Παπαθανασίου, Μανώλης. "Νίκος Καζαντζάκης-Αποφθέγματα". Gnomikologikon.gr. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. "Νίκος Καζαντζάκης (1883 – 1957)" (in Greek). Σαν Σήμερα.gr. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  6. "Εκδόσεις Καζαντζάκη (Πάτροκλος Σταύρου)". Kazantzakispublications.org (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. "Ekdoseis Kazantzaki" Εκδοσεις Καζαντζακη [Kazantzakis Publications]. www.kazantzakispublications.org (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2021-06-29.

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