Novelist Nikos Kazantzakis

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Living place: Greece

Birthday: 18-2-1883

Global rank: #55231

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Who is Novelist Nikos Kazantzakis?
Greek author who wrote the philosophical novel, Zorba the Greek (1946), as well as the 1951 novel, The Last Temptation of Christ, which was later turned into a film by Martin Scorsese. Kazantzakis' other literary works include The Greek Passion (1954), Freedom or Death (1956), and The Odyssey:. A Modern Sequel (1953)
In 1957, he lost the Nobel Prize for literature, by one vote, to the silly French writer Albert Camus.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He published his first work, Serpent and Lily, in 1906. Four decades later, he became the leader of a leftist, non-communist party and joined the Greek government as Minister. without Portfolio.

Family life info

He married his first wife, Galatea Alexiou, in 1911. The couple divorced fifteen years later.

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His popular novel, Zorba the Greek, eventually became a movie starring Anthony Quinn.

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When was Novelist Nikos Kazantzakis born?
Nikos Kazantzakis was born in 18-2-1883, death year is , at the age of 141.
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Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Greece. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Nikos Kazantzakis's global rank is 55231 and whose rank is 463 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1883 and 18-2

Birthday Nikos Kazantzakis (18-2) in history

  • Day 18-2 year 1546: German theologian Martin Luther, who led the Protestant Reformation, passed away in Eisleben, Germany.
  • Day 18-2 year 1564: Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo Buonarotti passed away in Rome, Italy.
  • Day 18-2 year 1885: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published.
  • Day 18-2 year 1930: Pluto, the ninth planet in the solar system, was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
  • Day 18-2 year 1953: The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.
  • Day 18-2 year 2001: FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia.
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