Nikos Kazantzakis was born on February 18, 1883, in Ottoman-occupied Crete. He received his basic schooling in Heraklion, and in 1897 he attended the Catholic School of Trade on the island of Naxos, where he vigorously studied Western Literature, and the French and Italian languages. In 1899, Nikos returned to Crete with his family, and three years later, he graduated from Heraklion High School, top of his class. Between the years 1902 and 1906, Nikos studied at the School of Law of the University of Athens, from where he graduated with the highest honors and a doctoral degree in Law. The year 1906 was marked by Nikos Kazantzakis’s first appearance in Greek letters with an essay titled “The Disease of our Century” under the pseudonym, Karma Nirvami. There was another publication that same year; a romantic novella titled Serpent and the Lily which revealed the masterful literary touch of a future classical author. READ FULL BIO ON THE ESTATE WEBSITE
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