Zorba the Greek is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946.

It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual. He ventures to escape his bookish life. He does so with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba.

The novel was adapted into the successful 1964 film of the same name directed by Michael Cacoyannis. It was also adapted into a stage musical and a BBC radio play.

The auther: Nikos Kazantzakis, (1883- 1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher.W

Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was nominated in nine different years. He remains the most translated Greek litterateur worldwide.

Kazantzakis’s novels included Zorba the Greek , Christ Recrucified , Captain Michalis , and The Last Temptation of Christ (1955). He also wrote plays, travel books, memoirs, and philosophical essays, like The Saviors of God: Spiritual Exercises. His fame spread in the English-speaking world. The cinematic adaptations of Zorba the Greek (1964) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) contributed to his popularity.

He also translated some notable works into Modern Greek. Noteworthy translations include the Divine Comedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On the Origin of Species, and Homer‘s Iliad and Odyssey.

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