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Nikos Kazantzakis

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Birth Name: Nikos Kazantzakis

Born: 18 February 1883 Died: 26 October 1957

Country of origin: Greece


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Description: Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, celebrated for his novels, which include Zorba the Greek (published 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. Universally recognised as a giant of modern Greek literature, Kazantzakis was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years. His fame was further spread in the English speaking world by cinematic adaptations of Zorba th ... (more)
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3. He Who Must Die (1957)
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