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Nikos Kazantzakis


Born
in Greece
February 18, 1883

Died
October 26, 1957


(Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης)
Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years, and remains the most translated Greek author worldwide.
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Average rating: 4.1 · 100,470 ratings · 10,357 reviews · 175 distinct worksSimilar authors
Zorba the Greek

4.04 avg rating — 52,550 ratings — published 1946 — 384 editions
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The Last Temptation of Christ

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4.18 avg rating — 14,616 ratings — published 1955 — 153 editions
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Christ Recrucified

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4.32 avg rating — 8,111 ratings — published 1948 — 182 editions
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تصوف: منقذو الآلهة

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4.08 avg rating — 5,171 ratings — published 1927 — 51 editions
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Report to Greco

4.32 avg rating — 3,941 ratings — published 1961 — 105 editions
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Freedom or Death

4.25 avg rating — 3,184 ratings — published 1953 — 98 editions
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The Fratricides

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Saint Francis

4.09 avg rating — 2,429 ratings — published 1956 — 88 editions
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Serpent and Lily: A Novella...

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3.52 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 1906 — 21 editions
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The Rock Garden

3.66 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 1936 — 31 editions
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“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”
Nikos Kazantzakis

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their
own.”
Nikos Kazantzakis

Polls

June 2017 New School Classic Poll

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, 351 pgs, 1905
 
  49 votes, 15.1%

The Color Purple by Alice Walker, 295 pgs, 1982
 
  45 votes, 13.8%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, 218 pgs, 1996
 
  42 votes, 12.9%

 
  24 votes, 7.4%

My Ántonia by Willa Cather, 232 pgs, 1918
 
  22 votes, 6.8%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 448, 1969
 
  19 votes, 5.8%

 
  16 votes, 4.9%

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, 308 pgs, 1967
 
  16 votes, 4.9%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 231 pgs, 1939
 
  13 votes, 4.0%

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 654 pgs, 1913
 
  13 votes, 4.0%

 
  12 votes, 3.7%

 
  11 votes, 3.4%

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 418 pgs, 1931
 
  10 votes, 3.1%

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 359 pgs, 1950
 
  10 votes, 3.1%

 
  8 votes, 2.5%

 
  7 votes, 2.2%

Titanic by Filson Young, 236 pgs, 1912
 
  5 votes, 1.5%

 
  3 votes, 0.9%

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