Νίκος Καζαντζάκης Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά Vios ke Politia tou Alexi Zorba  Nikos Kazantzakis Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas Zorba the Greek Athens, Dimitrakou, 1946 8o, Pages 353 Original cover pages This Greek first edition is preceding all other editions Hand signed by Nikos Kazantzakis! Very well preserved over the years in a private library Near fine condition! Hand signed books by Nikos Kazantzakis are of highest scarcity! Written in Aegina in 1941, under the original title The [Saint's] Life of Zorbas. The final version was completed in 1943. Part of the prologue was published in issues 11-12 of the literary magazine Kritikes Selides, (December 1936 - January 1937) pp. 290-292 Nikos Kazantzakis (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης 1883-1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in nine different years, and remains the most translated Greek author worldwide. He also translated a number of notable works into Modern Greek, such as the Divine Comedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On the Origin of Species, St. Francis of Assisi, etc.