Cypriot literature

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Cypriot literature covers literature from

Southeastern group of Modern Greek dialects
.

Ancient / Medieval

Literary production from antiquity includes the Cypria, an epic poem, probably composed in the late 7th century BC and attributed to Stasinus.[1] The Cypriot Zeno of Citium was the founder of the Stoic School of Philosophy, followed by his friend and disciple Persaeus.

Cyprus also figures in early Christian literature such as the

Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople. Byzantine Epic poetry, notably the "acritic songs", flourished during the Middle Ages
.

Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance

The legislation of the Kingdom of Cyprus in the Middle Ages, known as the Assizes of Jerusalem, was written in the local dialect of the time, as well as in French. The Assizes were translated into Italian by 1531 and remain the largest collection of surviving medieval laws.

As far as

Leontios Makhairas and Georgios Boustronios, covering the period under Frankish rule (1191–1489), written in the local dialect with many French
influences.

The

Ariosto and Sannazzaro.[2] The majority of the play Othello by William Shakespeare
is set on Venetian Cyprus.

Modern

A comprehensive study on modern literary figures from Cyprus writing in Greek, Turkish and English can be found in Bahriye Kemal's book Writing Cyprus: Postcolonial and Partitioned Literatures of Place and Space.

Modern literary figures from Cyprus writing in Greek include the poet and writer Kostas Montis, poet

Playing the dozens
) and the tradition of ποιητάρηες (bards).

Modern literary figures from Cyprus writing in Turkish include poets

TRNC and Turkey and she received multiple threats from Turkish nationalists.[6][7] Sevgül Uludağ is an investigative reporter[8] who besides being instrumental in uncovering information on thousands of missing Cypriots[9] she has also authored a number of books.[10] Urkiye Mine Balman has written in a wide variety genres, but her works are mostly romantic poems describing sometimes a lonesome village girl or country life and long-distance romances. Balman has published her works in Yesilada, Türk Dili, and Türk'e Dogru literary magazines in Turkey.[11]

Cyprus-based writers in other languages includes the Armenian Cypriot poet

Archbishop Makarios III
chronicler, lives in Paphos.

Other

Cyprus has also been a place of inspiration and literary production for non-native authors during the twentieth century.

Lawrence Durrell lived in Cyprus from 1952 until 26 August 1956 and wrote the book Bitter Lemons concerning his time there, which earned him the second Duff Cooper Prize in 1957.

Nobel laureate Giorgos Seferis, from Greece was heavily influenced by Cyprus. He wrote one of his most famous works (Log Book III – initially entitled Cyprus, where it was ordained for me…) while working for the Greek diplomatic mission on the island. British novelist Paul Stewart was previously based in Cyprus, and the island was the location for Victoria Hislop's 2015 novel The Sunrise.[13]

See also

References

  1. ewer of ca. 640 BCE known as the Chigi "vase"[permanent dead link
    ]    , Paris is identified as Alexandros, as he was apparently called in Cypria.
  2. ^ Th. Siapkaras- Pitsillidés, Le Pétrarchisme en Cypre. Poèmes d' amour en dialecte Chypriote d' après un manuscript du XVIe siècle, Athènes 1975 (2ème édition)
  3. ^ "Cyprus Stamp Issue: Loukis Akritas". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Cyprus Stamp Issue: Cyprus Poets". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Cyprus Stamp Issue: Centenary Birthday Anniversary of Poet Pavlos Liasides". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  6. ^ Poet battles abuse from Turkish nationalists Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Goodbye to Freedom Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Sevgul Uludag, Cyprus > IWMF". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2011. The Global Network for Women in the NewsMedia
  9. ^ missing Memories of Cyprus
  10. ^ "Sevgul uludag". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Tamer Öncül: KIBRIS TÜRK SIIRI".
  12. ^ Alexander Davidian, 'A literary resilience' in The Cyprus Weekly (Cyprus newspaper), 10 January 2016
  13. ^ Victoria Hislop, The Sunrise (London: Headline Review, 2015)
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