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Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis is a Greek writer. Widely known as a giant of modern Greek literature, he has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 9 different years. Kazantzakis' novels include the Greek Zorba, the regenerated Christ, Captain Michalis, and the Last Temptation of Christ. He has also written plays, travel books, memoirs and philosophical essays such as The Saviors of God: Spiritual Practice. His popularity spread across the English-speaking world thanks to his films from Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. He has also translated some notable works into modern Greek, such as Divine Comedy, So Spoke Zarathustra and The Iliad.
BornFebruary 18, 1883, Kandiye, Crete, Ottoman Empire (now Heraklion, Greece)
DiedOctober 26, 1957, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany (now Germany)
OccupationPoet, novelist, essayist, travel writer, philosopher, playwright, journalist, translator
NationalityGreek
EducationUniversity of Athens, (1902–1906, J.D, 1906), University of Paris, (1907–1909, DrE, 1909)

About Nikos Kazantzakis

Novelist Nikos Kazantzakis was born on February 18, 1883 in Heraklion, Greece (He dies at the age of 74, on October 26, 1957).

Greek author who wrote Zorba the Greek (1946), a philosophical novel, and The Last Temptation of Christ (1951), which was later adapted into a film by Director Martin Scorsese. The Greek Passion (1954), Freedom or Death (1956), and The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel are among Kazantzakis' other works (1953).

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Nikos Kazantzakis before becoming famous

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1883 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Serpent and Lily, his first work, was published in 1906. He became the leader of a left-wing, non-Communist party and a Minister without Portfolio in the Greek government four decades later.

Achievement of Nikos Kazantzakis

He lost the Nobel Prize for Literature to Novelist Albert Camus, a French absurdist writer, by one vote in 1957.

Nikos Kazantzakis's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1911, he married Galatea Alexiou, his first wife. After fifteen years of marriage, the couple divorced.

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Zorba the Greek, his best-known novel, was adapted into a film starring Movie Actor Anthony Quinn.

Nikos Kazantzakis Income & Net worth

Nikos Kazantzakis's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a novelist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Nikos Kazantzakis.

Nikos Kazantzakis Height and Weight

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Latest information about Nikos Kazantzakis updated on March 23 2023.