Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Greek writer who dominated 20th-century literature hard enough to rack up nine Nobel Prize nominations and become the world's most-translated Greek author. Poet, philosopher, journalist—basically did it all in print.
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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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