Vasilis Michaelides

Vasilis Michaelides was born in Lefkoniko in 1849, or in 1853 according to others. Orphaned of his mother, he was raised by his uncle, a poet and painter, learned icon painting at the archbishopric of Nicosia, followed his uncle to Larnaca, then left for Italy between 1875 and 1877. Settled in Limassol, he worked at the municipal hospital, published his verses in the press and in 1888 founded a satirical newspaper in verse. He died on 18 December 1917.

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• PoetryΗ 9η Ιουλίου του 1821 εν Λευκωσία ΚύπρουVasilis Michaelides · 1911not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain