Background
Kazantzakis, Nikos was born on February 18, 1885 in Candia, Crete, Greece. Son of Michael and Maria (Christodoulaki) Kazantzakis.
Kazantzakis, Nikos was born on February 18, 1885 in Candia, Crete, Greece. Son of Michael and Maria (Christodoulaki) Kazantzakis.
Graduated from the University Athens, 1906. Doctor of Laws; studied philosophy with Henri Bergson. Studied literature and art, Germany and Italy, 4 years.
Dirgen. Ministry Public Relief, 1919. Minister without portfolio, Athens, Greece, 1945. Director bureau translations of the classics United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1947-1948.
Author more than 30 books of drama, prose, poetry and philosophy, including: (English translations) Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, 1958. The Greek Passion, 1959. Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises, 1960.
Christ Recrucified, 1961. Freedom of Death, 1961. The Last Temptation of Christ, 1960.
Odysseia, 1961; Saint Francis (God’s Pauper), 1962. Zorba the Greek, 1959. Japan, China, 1963; The Rock Garden, 1963.
Sapin, 1963; Toda Raba, 1964. England: A Travel Journal, 1966. The Fratricides, 1966.
Report to Greco, 1965. Home: 8 Rue du Bas-Castelet, Antibes, Cote d’Azur, France.
Married Eleni Samios, November 10, 1945.