Nikos Kazantzakis, picture from Wikipedia Commons: Original at the Kazantzakis Museum [CC BY 3.0] (accessed: June 28, 2018).
Nikos Kazantzakis
, 1883 - 1957
Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, playwright, essayist, translator and philosopher, perhaps best known for his novels The Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas (1946) and The Last Temptation (1955), both of which were made into films (as Zorba the Greek in 1964 and The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988). Born in Heraklion, Crete Kazantzakis enjoyed a life-long relationship with ancient Greece, which is strongly reflected in his oeuvre. His most important poem, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938) is a love-letter to Homer in which Kazantzakis explored his own philosophical ideas. The ancient epic hero also features in his early play From Odysseus, A Drama (1922, 1928 and rev. 1955).
Sources:
The website of the Historical Museum of Crete (accessed: June 28, 2018).
The website of the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Myrtia, Crete (accessed: June 28, 2018).
Bio prepared by Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, a.bakogianni@massey.ac.nz
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