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Nikos Kazantaky was born on February 18, 1883. He is a Greek writer and philosopher, best known for his novel "Zorba the Greek", which is considered the greatest of his creations. He became world famous after 1964 when he produced the movie "Zorba the Greek" by Michael Kakoiannis, which was based on his novel.. His fame was renewed in 1988, where he produced the movie "The Other Seduction of Christ" by Martin Scorsese, which is also based on a novel by Kazantzakis. While studying Kazantzakis in Paris, he was influenced by the German philosopher and poet Nietzsche, who changed his view, as he says, to religion, life and God, and called him to rebel against all his old ideas and beliefs. Even his view of art changed, and he realized that the role of art should not be limited to giving a beautiful and imaginary image to reality and life, but that its main task is to reveal the truth, even if it is cruel and destructive. In Nietzsche, Kazantzakis says: "What did this prophet do? And what did he ask us to do in the first place? He asked us to reject all consolations: gods, homelands, morals and truths, to remain aloof without companions and companions, to use only our strength, and to begin to Forging a world that does not shame our hearts." Despite his constant criticism of religions, he was not criticizing the clergy as individuals, but rather the use of religion as a cover to evade responsibility and effective action. In 1945, he became the leader of a small non-communist left-wing party, and entered the Greek government as a minister without portfolio. He resigned from this position the following year. In 1946, the Greek Writers Society nominated Kazantzakis and Angelos Sicilianos for the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1957, he lost the prize to Albert Camus by one vote. Camus later said that Kazantzakis deserved the honor "a hundred times more" than himself. In late 1957, despite suffering from leukemia, he went on a trip to China and Japan. He fell ill on his return flight, and was then taken to Freiburg, Germany, where he died on October 26. He is buried on the wall surrounding the city of Heraklion near the Chania Gate, because the Orthodox Church refused to bury him in a cemetery. On his grave is written, "I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."