Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

writer

Nikos Kazantzakis was born on Feb 18, 1883 in Greece. Nikos Kazantzakis's big-screen debut came with Zorba the Greek directed by Michael Cacoyannis in 1964. Nikos Kazantzakis is known for Last Voyage directed by Aris Chatzistefanou, Yannis Aggelakas stars as and Olia Lazaridou as . The upcoming new movie Nikos Kazantzakis plays is Last Voyage which will be released on Mar 17, 2022.

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Heraklion, Crete (Greece). He studied Law in Athens and in Paris, but soon he studied philosophy and literature. He travelled almost everywhere; he learnt many foreign languages and left his scientific research for Nitsche. At philosophy: "Ascetics" (Salvatores Dei, 1927), script that expresses the writer's belief for metaphysics. At poetry: "The Odyssey" (1938) "Tertsines" and also some poetic works for theatre: "Protomastoras" (=foreman) "Melissa" (=Bee) "Julian" "Prometheus" etc. His novels are: "Alexis Zorbas" (1946) "O Xristos xanastavronetai" (=Christ is recrucified) (1948) "O ftoxoulis tou Theou" (=The God's poor man) (1952-3) "Anafora ston Greco (=Reference to Greco) (1961) He died in 1957.

  • Birthday

    Feb 18, 1883
  • Place of Birth

    Iraklio, Crete, Greece