Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) was born in Heraklion, Crete, then under Ottoman rule, and grew up amid the turbulent struggles for Greek independence. He studied law at the University of Athens and philosophy under Henri Bergson in Paris. A restless traveler and spiritual seeker, he journeyed through Russia, Spain, Egypt, China, and Japan, drawing on every experience to fuel a literary output that spanned novels, poetry, philosophy, travel writing, and translations of Homer and Dante. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Zorba the Greek.