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Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer and philosopher (1883-1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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]