Greek Novelists

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Nikos Kazantzakis, Nicos Nicolaides, Y rgos Theotok s, Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Alexis Stamatis, Jean Mor as, Gregorios Xenopoulos, Iakovos Kambanelis, Stratis Myrivilis, Maro Douka, Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Christovasilis, Aris Alexandrou, Alexandros Papadiamantis, George Zarkadakis, George Leonardos, Menis Koumandareas, Giannis Skarimpas, Elias Venezis, Vaggelis Raptopoulos, Angelos Terzakis, Yovanna, Vassilis Vassilikos, Alexis Panselinos, Tasos Vidouris, Panos Koutrouboussis, Katina Papa, M. Karagatsis, Zyranna Zateli, Margarita Karapanou, Michalis Fakinos, Justine Frangouli-Argyris, Theodor Kallifatides, Christos Chomenidis, Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex, Menios Sakellaropoulos, Rhea Galanaki. Excerpt: Nikos Kazantzakis (Greek: ) (February 18, 1883 - October 26, 1957) was considered the most important Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century, celebrated for his novel Zorba the Greek, considered his magnum opus. He did not become well known globally until the 1964 release of the Michael Cacoyannis film Zorba the Greek, based on the novel of the same title. When Kazantzakis was born, Crete was still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. His surname, Kazantzakis, derives from a Turkish word Kazanc? as in Kazantzidis. Kazan means a cauldron in Turkish and -c? is an agent suffix similar to "-er" in English. Thus, Kazanc? means someone who produces, repairs, and/or sells cauldrons. The last part of Kazantzakis' name i.e. "-akis" is specific to Crete and is the Cretan equivalent to the '-son' surname suffix means the "son of" similar to a name ending in "-son" in English e.g. Johnson. Thus "kazantzakis" literally means the son of someone who produces, repairs, and/or sells cauldrons. From 1902 Kazantzakis studied law at the University of Athens, then went to Paris in 1907 to study philosophy. Here he fell under the...