The Poor Man of Assisi
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The Poor Man of Assisi (in Greek: Ο Φτωχούλης του Θεού) is a novel by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. It was published in 1956 in Athens.
The book tells the fictionalised life of Saint Francis of Assisi, 'a synthesis of biography, poetry and the things Saint Francis did not say'.[1] Nikos Kazantzakis had already published the Greek translation of the biography of the same saint by the Danish writer Johannes Joergensen in 1951, under the title Saint Francis of Assisi (in Greek: Ο Άγιος Φραγκίσκος της Ασίζης).
The novel is dedicated to Albert Schweitzer.[2]
English translations
[edit]- Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis, translator Peter Bien, New York: Simon and Schuster/Ballantine Books 1962. Simon and Schuster 1965. Simon and Schuster/Ballantine Books 1966
- Nikos Kazantzakis, God's Pauper: St Francis of Assisi, translator P. A. Bien, Oxford: Cassirer 1962. Oxford: Cassirer/London: Faber and Faber 1975. Oxford: Cassirer 1999
References
[edit]- ^ Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (22 May 1957). "Europe des Cultures - Nikos Kazantzakis à propos de Zorba le grec et du Pauvre d'Assise - Ina.fr". Europe des Cultures. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- ^ "Ο φτωχούλης του Θεού". Niko's Kazantzakis Museum, Ο φτωχούλης του Θεού (in gr). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
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