Nikos Kazantzakis Ο ΚΑΠΕΤΑΝ ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ (FREEDOM OR DEATH) Published by Difros in 1955 in Athens Greece Hand Signed and Inscribed by Nikos Kazantzakis 489 Pages This is the Greek second edition. Hard Binding including the Original Cover Pages in Very Good Condition Hand signed and inscribed books by Nikos Kazantzakis are of highest scarcity! Captain Michalis (Greek: Ο Καπετάν Μιχάλης) is a 1953 novel by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. In the English, German, and French translations (as well as many others) it is known as Freedom or Death. The writer was influenced by his early years on the island of Crete and uses explicit Cretan Greek words and the Cretan idiom in a way that preserves it untouched. It is one of the most widely read books of modern Greek literature which has been translated and published in several languages. 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.