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Nikos Kazantzakis

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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.

Kazantzakis in 1904

Epitaph on the grave of Kazantzakis in Heraklion. It reads "I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."

Medallion honoring Kazantzakis in the Venetian loggia of Heraklion

Nikos Kazantzakis commemorative coin

Modern Greek literature

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Modern Greek literature is literature written in Modern Greek, starting in the late Byzantine era in the 11th century AD. It includes work not only from within the borders of the modern Greek state, but also from other areas where Greek was widely spoken, including Istanbul, Asia Minor, and Alexandria.

The headquarters of National Library of Greece

Manuscript of the Byzantine epic Digenes Akritas.

Dionysios Solomos is the national poet of Greece

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