Nikos Kazantzakis
“Nikos Kazantzakis, author of poems, novels, essays, plays, and travel books, was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century. [more]”
from Nikos Kazantzakis’s biography on Wikipedia
Author of…
Alexander the Great
A Novel Tr. from the Greek by Theodora Vasils
Nikos Kazantzakis is no stranger to the heroes of Greek antiquity. In this historical novel based on the life of Alexander the Great, Kazantzakis has drawn on both the rich tradition of Greek legend and the documented manuscripts from the archives of history to recreate an Alexander in all his many-faceted images—Alexander the god; Alexander the descendant of Heracles performing the twelve labors; Alexander the mystic, the daring visionary destined to carry out a divine mission; Alexander the flesh-and-blood mortal who, on occasion, is not above the common soldier¿s brawling and drinking.…
At the Palaces of Knossos
Blending historical fact and classical myth, the author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ transports the reader 3,000 years into the past, to a pivotal point in history: the final days before the ancient kingdom of Minoan Crete is to be conquered and supplanted by the emerging city-state of Athens.…
- Preben Kaarsholm
Professor of international development studies at Roskilde University, Denmark… - Howard P. Kainz
Professor of philosophy at Marquette University… - Blaine Kaltman
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and spent five years in China, holds an MS in criminal justice from the University of Tennessee and a PhD in sociology from the University of Queensland… - Anthonia C. Kalu
Author of Women, Literature, and Development in Africa… - Christa Kamenetsky
Author of Children's Literature in Hitler's Germany (Ohio University Press)… - Karen Kampwirth
Associate professor of political science and chair of the Latin American studies program at Knox College… - Hiroyoshi Kano
Professor with the Institute or Oriental Culture at The University of Tokyo… - Tabitha Kanogo
Associate professor of history at the University of California at Berkeley… - Wulf Kansteiner
Assistant professor of history and the director of graduate studies at the Binghamton University of the State University of New York… - Nikos Kazantzakis
Arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century… - Ward Keeler
- David Keen
Reader in Complex Emergencies at the Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science… - David Neal Keller
Author of C. Paul Stocker: His Life and Legacy (Ohio University Press, 1991) among many other books and articles… - Roy Kelly
- Don Kennedy
- Judith Kennedy
- Donald R. Kennon
Chief historian of the U.S… - Greet Kershaw
Formerly a professor of anthropology at California State University, Long Beach… - David Killingray
- Sung Ho Kim
- Isaria N. Kimambo
Professor of History at the University of Dar es Salaam… - Kathleen King
English instructor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln… - Kenneth King
Professor of international and comparative education and the director of the Centre of African Studies in the University of Edinburgh… - Roma A. King, Jr.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio University… - Galway Kinnell
- Mary Kinzie
Poet and critic who teaches in the creative writing program she founded at Northwestern University… - Tedros Kiros
Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University… - Philip Kitley
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Humanities and International Studies, University of Southern Queensland… - Helge Kjekshus
- Ted Klein
Founding partner of MMD, Inc., a provider of contract sales personnel for the healthcare industry… - Bettina L. Knapp
Professor of Romance Languages and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center and Hunter College of CUNY… - U. C. Knoepflmacher
- Hiroshi Kojima
- Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
Associate professor of English at Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada… - Dean Kotlowski
Visiting assistant professor of history at Ohio University where he specializes in 20th-century American politics and public policy… - Paul H. Kratoska
- Barbara Kreiger
Author of The Dead Sea: Myth, History, and Politics… - Christine L. Krueger
Associate professor of English at Marquette University… - Eisei Kurimoto
Associate professor at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka… - Will Kymlicka
- Gary Kynoch
Assistant professor of history at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia… - Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo
Associate professor and the head of the Department of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University…
