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Nikos Kazantzakis

Born

in Greece

February 18, 1883

Died

October 26, 1957

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(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. ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 108,946 ratings · 11,476 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Zorba the Greek 4.03 avg rating — 58,223 ratings — published 1946 — 407 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis, Peter A. Bien (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 15,598 ratings — published 1955 — 168 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis, Jonathan Griffin (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 8,844 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تصوف: منقذو الآلهة by Nikos Kazantzakis, نيكوس كازانتزاكيس, سيد أحمد علي بلال (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 5,844 ratings — published 1927 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Report to Greco 4.31 avg rating — 4,291 ratings — published 1961 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom or Death 4.26 avg rating — 3,494 ratings — published 1953	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fratricides 3.99 avg rating — 2,863 ratings — published 1963 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Francis 4.09 avg rating — 2,700 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ο Ανήφορος by Nikos Kazantzakis, Νίκος Καζαντζάκης 3.87 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 2022 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serpent and Lily: A Novella with a Manifesto: The Sickness of the Age by Nikos Kazantzakis, Theodora Vasils (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 1906 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

tags: happiness, life, sea

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

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“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

tags: education, learning, teaching

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Polls

July 2017 New School Classic Poll

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, 1951, 352 pgs

45 votes, 13.1%

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 368 pgs, 1940

35 votes, 10.2%

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 647 pgs, 1981

33 votes, 9.6%

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, 1967, 192 pgs

28 votes, 8.2%

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 1994, 607 pgs

27 votes, 7.9%

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, 1945, 185 pgs

25 votes, 7.3%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 448 pgs, 1969

25 votes, 7.3%

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, 1930, 267 pgs

23 votes, 6.7%

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 1980, 416 pgs

21 votes, 6.1%

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, 1996, 636 pgs

17 votes, 5.0%

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, 1992, 320

14 votes, 4.1%

The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata, 1954, 189 pgs

13 votes, 3.8%

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis, 1946, 335 pgs

11 votes, 3.2%

The Sea Wolf by Jack London, 1904, 425 pgs

10 votes, 2.9%

Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, 1920, 454 pgs

9 votes, 2.6%

Independent People by Halldór Laxness, 482 pgs, 1934

4 votes, 1.2%

Creation by Gore Vidal, 1981, 574 pgs

3 votes, 0.9%

The Street by Ann Petry, 1946, 435

0 votes, 0.0%

343 total votes

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