Quick Facts About Nikos Kazantzakis
- Born
- February 18, 1883
- Died
- October 26, 1957
- Nationality
- Greece
- Profession
- Writer
- Notable works
- Vios ke Politia tou Alexi Zorba
- Known for
- God's pauper: St Francis of Assisi, The fratricides, Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ, Captain Michalis
- Spouse
- Heleni N. Kazantzaki
About Nikos Kazantzakis
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.
![“I heard the bells from the future churches, the children playing and laughing in the schoolyards [...] and here was an almond tree in bloom before me: I must reach out and cut a flowering branch. For, by believing passionately in something which still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent…” quote by Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/50f/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_almonds_i-heard-the-bells-from-the-future-church_2527567.jpg)
