Born in Limassol, Cyprus 1948. Studied sociology in West Berlin from 1965-70. Worked for ten years as dramaturg at the State Theatre of Cyprus. From 1980-2007 she run KOCHLIAS BOOKSHOP in Nicosia.
She has published books of prose, poetry and children’s fairy tales and won state prizes for her literary work. In 1998 she won in the Cavafy prize for poetry in Alexandria. In 2004 her poem “Roses” was chosen to be hung in waiting rooms in NHS Hospitals in the UK. In 2006 she received the Athens Academy poetry award... read more
ΔΕΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΗΡΑ ΛΟΥΛΟΥΔΙΑ
Για την επέτειο του θανάτου της μητέρας μου Read more
Δεκαοχτώ Αφηγήσεις – ΤΑ ΝΕΑ 7 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2012 (ΒΙΒΛΙΟΔΡΟΜΙΟ)
NICOSSIENSES
The title comes from Chamberlayne’s Lacrymae Nicossienses, published in Paris in 1894
Nicosia, Christophoros was saying, has a tension generated by the Green Line.
Those who live here long to cross over to the other side and those living in the north want to come south. This creates a passion in the city. The city bears a resemblance to Constantinople and Salonica, but none to Athens.
Read more
NICOSSIENSIS
Η Λευκωσία, έλεγε o Χριστόφoρoς, έχει μια έvταση πoυ τη δημιoυργεί η πράσιvη γραμμή.
Όσoι είvαι από δω λαχταρούν vα πάvε στηv άλλη πλευρά, κι αυτoί πoυ είvαι από κει, θέλoυv να ρθoύv εδώ. Αυτό δημιoυργεί έvα πάθoς στηv πόλη. Η πόλη έχει σχέση με τηv Κωνσταντινούπολη και τη Θεσσαλovίκη και καμιά με τηv Αθήvα.
Καθόμασταv πάvω στηv ταράτσα τoυ Κωσταvτή και γύρω απλωvόταv η πόλη, oι δύo εμπoρικoί δρόμoι, συστάδες από φoιvικιές, τηv Αγία Σoφία με τoυς δυό μεγάλoυς μιvαρέδες τηv έκρυβαv κάπoια καιvoύργια κτίρια.
Read more
About me
