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TaleΤὰ ΚυπριακάAthanasios Sakellarios · 1868not translated into EnglishA philologist from Athens, a schoolmaster in Larnaca, puts the island's songs and tales into writing.Literature
PoetryΗ 9η Ιουλίου του 1821 εν Λευκωσία ΚύπρουVasilis Michaelides · 1911not translated into EnglishA poet from Limassol makes the martyrdom of the archbishop in 1821 the epic of his people, in the language of the island.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryΓαλανά δαχτυλιδάκιαGlafkos Alithersis · 1919not translated into EnglishA Cypriot student in Athens publishes his first verses, which he would later judge too imitative of others.Literature
PoetryΤζιυπριώτικα τραούδκιαDemetris Lipertis · 1923not translated into EnglishAfter beginning in learned Greek, a poet from Larnaca turns, in his fifties, to the dialect of his island.Literature
PoetryΤραγούδια του νησιού μουPavlos Liasides · 1928not translated into EnglishA shepherd turned poet publishes in dialect the laments of the peasants of the Mesaoria under British colonial rule.Literature
NovelΤα τρία καρφιάNikos Nikolaidis · 1948not translated into EnglishThe life of a small Cypriot shopkeeper, the object of a diabolical legend, as a narrator reconstructs it.Literature
PoetryMomentsΣτιγμέςCostas Montis · 1958A poet from Famagusta invents a poetry of one-line fragments, on the eve of the island's independence.Literature
PoetryΠρώτη ΠηγήKyriakos Charalambides · 1961not translated into EnglishA student from Achna publishes his first verses in Athens, the year after his island's independence.Literature
Short storyGregoryΓκρέκορυPanos Ioannides · 1964Four years after independence, a radio man from Famagusta looks back on an episode of the uprising against the British.Literature
NovelEastern MediterraneanΑνατολική ΜεσόγειοςEvi Meleagrou · 1969Six years after the first intercommunal clashes, a woman from Nicosia writes the first great modern novel of her island.Literature
CinemaΓρηγόρης Αυξεντίου: Ένας ήρωας με το μνημοσκόπιοGiorgos Filis · 1973The year before the Turkish invasion, a filmmaker from the island has actors re-enact an episode of the insurrection against the British colony.Cinema
PoetryΚατάθεσηPantelis Michanikos · 1975not translated into EnglishA poet customs officer from Famagusta testifies against the illusions of his generation, at the time of the partition of the island.Literature