Zorba the Greek, the story of Alexis Zorbas, is one of the most memorable films in the history of the genre, and the Nikos Kazantzakis book on which it is based is one of the best works of modern...
The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum has launched a major cultural initiative, making one thousand digitized letters written by the internationally acclaimed Greek author and thinker freely accessible to the public. This extensive collection is now available on the museum’s website...
The grave of one of Greece's most famous and best-loved authors, Nikos Kazantzakis, was vandalized by still unidentified persons.
The wooden cross on the tomb, situated on the Martinengo Bastion within the walls of his hometown, Heraklion, on the island...
Chinese culture belongs to one of the oldest civilizations, as does Greek culture, and Confucian teachings have been regarded as providing the definitive morality that underpins Chinese mentality and behavior, regardless of any religious background.
By Steve Bakalis
“The values of...
The establishment of the Nikos Kazantzakis Visiting Scholar Program at the University of California, Berkeley was recently jointly announced by the Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies Program and The Modern Greek Studies Foundation.
The program is made possible by a...
The last novel of the universally-celebrated Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis is set to be published for the first time -- more than 60 years after his death -- by the Athens-based publishing house Dioptra.
The unpublished novel, titled "Aniforos" ("Uphill",...
Nikos Kazantzakis was Greece’s most prolific writer and he remains one of the most famous Greek citizens to have ever lived. A writer of dozens of novels, poems, plays and short stories, his works have been translated into practically...
