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Kazantzakis

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Ka·zan·tza·kis  (käzn-zäks, -zän-dzäks), Nikos 1885-1957.
Greek writer whose works, including the novel Zorba the Greek (1946) and the epic poem The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (1938), often contrast the sensual and intellectual facets of human nature.

Kazantzakis (Greek) [kazanˈdzakis]
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(Biographies / Kazantzakis, Nikos (1885-1957) M, Greek, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist) Nikos (ˈnikɔs). 1885-1957, Greek novelist, poet, and dramatist, noted esp for his novels Zorba the Greek (1946) and Christ Recrucified (1954) and his epic poem The Odyssey (1938).


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Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek (New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc.
Paul Sabatier wanted to make him a Protestant avant la parole; Nikos Kazantzakis wanted him to be a religious version of Zorba the Greek; Franco Zefferelli filmed him as a medieval hippie; Leonardo Boff reads him as a precursor of liberation theology; and many, many biographers have viewed him through the rose-colored glasses of pop romanticism.
As recently as the 2007 installment of the largest fair of its kind in the region, attracting an average 7 million visitors annually, Lebanese publisher Dar Al-Adab discovered that boxes containing works by Milan Kundera, Nikos Kazantzakis and noted Egyptian authors like Nawal Al-Saadawi and Edward Al-Kharrat were missing.
 
 
 
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