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By Dr. Patroclos Stavrou Head of the Kazantzakis Foundation, Greece Former Under-Secretary of the Republic of Cyprus Wednesday,
May 16, 2001
Few people today are capable of speaking with more authority than Dr. Patroclos Stavrou about Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the most important Greek philosophers, writers and poets of the twentieth century. Nikos Kazantzakis was an ascetic figure of our times. He was like a prophet. Unsubdued, uncompromising, dignified and freedom-lover, imbued with tolerance, kindness, love and justice, he transcended the ordinary human needs and requirements. He was an unrelenting, unyielding soul, the soul of Crete, his beloved native island." In cooperation with the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus.