The Kazantzakis Museum is situated
in Varvaroi, approximately 20 km. to the south of Herakleion. It was
founded to preserve the work and to record the life of the Cretan writer.
It includes some of the writer's personal belongings and those of his
family, documents, letters, the first Greek editions of his books, and
translations in 49 languages in 54 counties, photographs, busts, works
of art, as well as documents referring to stagings of his theatrical
works and of novels adapted for the theatre, posters, programmes, models
of stage settings and costumes as they have been presented in performances
al over the world. There is also radio and television material as well
as a collection of press reviews which refer to Kazantzakis and have
been published in Greek and foreign newspapers
Finally, there is an audiovisual
presentation in five languages, Greek - French - English - German
- Dutch, to illustrate the development of this universal writer's
life and career.
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