Cypriot literature - Wikipedia Cypriot literature From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Cypriot literature covers literature from Cyprus found mainly in Greek, Turkish, English and/or other languages, including French. The modern Cypriot Greek dialect belongs to the Southeastern group of Modern Greek dialects. Contents 1 Ancient / Medieval 2 Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance 3 Modern 4 Other 5 See also 6 References Ancient / Medieval[edit] 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 Acts of the Apostles according to which the Apostles Barnabas and Paul preached on the island. Byzantine/medieval Cypriot writers include Leontios of Neapolis, Altheides and Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople. Byzantine Epic poetry, notably the "acritic songs", flourished during the Middle Ages. Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance[edit] 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 historiography is concerned, the most important medieval works are the chronicles of Leontios Makhairas and Georgios Boustronios, covering the period under Frankish rule (1191–1489), written in the local dialect with many French influences. A great collection of sonnets in the manner of Francesco Petrarca and of Poèmes d'amour written in medieval Greek Cypriot date back from the 16th century, when Cyprus was a possession of the Republic of Venice. Some of them are actual translations of poems written by Petrarch, Bembo, Ariosto and Sannazzaro.[2] The majority of the play Othello by William Shakespeare is set on Venetian Cyprus. Modern[edit] 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 Kyriakos Charalambides, novelist Panos Ioannides, poet Michalis Pasiardis, poet/translator Stephanos Stephanides, writer Nicos Nicolaides, horror writer Fivos Kyprianou, Stylianos Atteshlis, Loukis Akritas[3] and Demetris Th. Gotsis. Dimitris Lipertis, Vasilis Michaelides and Pavlos Liasides are folk poets who wrote poems mainly in the Cypriot-Greek dialect.[4][5] The local dialect has been traditionally used for folk songs and poetry, including τσιαττιστά (battle poetry, a form of Playing the dozens) and the tradition of ποιητάρηες (bards). Modern literary figures from Cyprus writing in Turkish include poets Osman Türkay, Özker Yaşın, Neşe Yaşın, Neriman Cahit and Mehmet Yaşın. Neşe Yaşın is a well known Cypriot Turkish poet and author, who mainly writes in Turkish although a considerable number of her works of prose have been translated into Greek and English. In 2002 her novel Secret History of Sad Girls was banned in the 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 Nora Nadjarian. There is also an increasingly strong presence of both temporary and permanent emigre Cypriot writers in world literature, as well as writings by second and third -generation Cypriot writers born or raised abroad, often writing in English. This includes writers such as Andreas Koumi, Miranda Hoplaros, Stephen Laughton, Christy Lefteri, Eve Makis, Michael Paraskos, Stel Pavlou and Stephanos Stephanides.[12] Paul Stenning, author and Archbishop Makarios III chronicler, lives in Paphos. Other[edit] 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[edit] Culture of Cyprus Music of Cyprus References[edit] ^ "An indication that at least the main contents of the Cypria were known around 650 BCE is provided by the representation of the Judgment of Paris on the Chigi vase" (Burkert 1992:103). On the proto-Corinthian 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. ^ Th. Siapkaras- Pitsillidés, Le Pétrarchisme en Cypre. Poèmes d' amour en dialecte Chypriote d' après un manuscript du XVIe siècle, Athènes 1975 (2ème édition) ^ "Cyprus Stamp Issue: Loukis Akritas". ^ "Cyprus Stamp Issue: Cyprus Poets". ^ "Cyprus Stamp Issue: Centenary Birthday Anniversary of Poet Pavlos Liasides". ^ Poet battles abuse from Turkish nationalists Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine ^ Goodbye to Freedom Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The Global Network for Women in the NewsMedia ^ missing Memories of Cyprus ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) ^ http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/newpage/culture/poetry/toncul/onculpaper.html ^ Alexander Davidian, 'A literary resilience' in The Cyprus Weekly (Cyprus newspaper), 10 January 2016 ^ Victoria Hislop, The Sunrise (London: Headline Review, 2015) v t e Cyprus articles History Prehistoric Alasiya Eteocypriot Cypro-Minoan syllabary Cypriot syllabary Ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire Ten city-kingdoms Achaemenid Persian Empire Ionian Revolt Ptolemaic dynasty Roman Cyprus Kitos War Medieval Byzantine Cyprus Arab Empire Crusades Kingdom Venetian rule Modern Ottoman rule Cyprus Convention British Cyprus Post-1878 overview Enosis Taksim Intercommunal violence Akrotiri and Dhekelia Turkish invasion Refugees Cyprus dispute Cypriot S-300 crisis Annan Plan EU accession Geography Cities, towns and villages Climate Districts Earthquakes Lakes Mountains Rivers Wildlife Politics Chief Justice Constitution Cyprus dispute Northern Cyprus UN resolutions Elections Foreign relations Governors Human rights LGBT rights Military Police Political parties President Economy Agriculture Banks Energy Stock Exchange Telecommunications Tourism Trade unions Transport 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis Society Languages Education Health Name Poverty Public holidays Religion Culture Art Cinema Cuisine Literature Media Music Sport Demographics Greek Cypriots diaspora Greek Cypriots in Northern Cyprus Turkish Cypriots Linobambaki diaspora Settlers from Turkey Armenian Cypriots Maronite Cypriots Symbols Anthem Coat of arms Flag Outline Index Category Portal v t e Asian literature Sovereign states Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen States with limited recognition Abkhazia Artsakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan Dependencies and other territories British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau v t e European literature Abkhaz Albanian Anglo-Norman Aragonese Armenian Asturian Austrian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Belgian Bohemian Bosnian Breton British Bulgarian Catalan Chuvash Cornish Croatian Cypriot Czech Danish Dutch English Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Middle English Estonian Faroese Finnish Flemish French Frisian Friulian Gaelic Galician German Greek ancient medieval modern Greenlandic Hungarian Icelandic Irish Northern Irish Italian Jèrriais Kazakh Kosovar Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourg Macedonian Maltese Manx Montenegrin Norwegian Occitan (Provençal) Old Norse Ossetian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Sardinian Scottish Scots Scottish Gaelic Serbian Slovak Slovene Spanish Swedish Swiss Turkish Turkish Cypriot Ukrainian Venetian Welsh in English in Welsh Western Lombard Yiddish Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypriot_literature&oldid=999437194" Categories: Cypriot literature Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Webarchive template wayback links CS1 maint: archived copy as title Use dmy dates from July 2013 Region topic template using suffix Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages বাংলা Català Українська Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 04:35 (UTC). 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