Category Archives: World Literature

The Life & Writings of Nikos Kazantzakis (with a review of his Report To Greco)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Plainsmann

 Nikos Kazantzakis This man is famous. You may know a lot about him, a little, or nothing at all. But when you see how he viewed life and lived his own, I doubt you will ever forget him. Read but … Continue reading →

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Meeting Eleni Kazantzakis, wife of Nikos, in 1988

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Plainsmann

We met at her home on 32 Avenue William Favre in Geneva, Switzerland, on a sunny afternoon in the late summer of 1988 Nikos Kazantzakis died October 26, 1957 at seventy-four.  His wife Eleni (our “Helen” in English) died just … Continue reading →

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