Kazantzakis

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.

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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).