Panos Ioannides has recorded an important chapter in Modern Greek letters. He is one of the avant-garde in the field of
prose and playwriting, introducing innovations to literature. He has worked in all literary genres: poetry, prose and playwriting. With his plays Panos Ioannides has contributed to the consolidation of the theatrical art in Cyprus.
His literary works draws its inspiration from the history of the country but is animated at the same time by an ecumenical
and contemporary spirit. !e language he uses, without lyrical adornment, plain and lucid, conveys the inner conflicts of his
heroes by revealing the contradictory aspects of life, the hidden depth of reality and truth. !e pithy style, balanced dialectic of time and place, faultless technique and psychological probing of his heroes are the chief virtues of his writing.
He has been honoured with various distinctions including the State Prize for Prose from the Ministry of Culture, the First
Prize at the 5th International Festival of Play for Television (Sofia 1976), the First Prize of the Society of Playwrights of
Cyprus (1980), the First Prize from the Cyprus !eatre Organization for a One Act Play (1984), the Giorgos Philippou-
Pierides Award for the entirety of his work (2009), and the Award for Excellence in Letters, Arts, and Sciences of the Cyprus
Republic in 2007.
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Gregory
And other stories
by Panos Ioannides
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A translation of twelve award winning short stories and novellas. Gregory, The Bath, Uniforms, The Suitcase and The Escape have been adapted for the theater by the author and staged in theaters in Cyprus and abroad (such as Greece, England, USA and Germany) whereas all the short stories have been included in prestigious anthologies such as Short Story International, Sudden Fiction and others.
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Table of Contents
Vagabond Street ...... 9
Gregory ...... 18
Beehives ...... 25
The Bath ...... 43
Festival of the Full Moon ...... 61
Cinyras ...... 82
Gregorios and Efthymios ...... 134
Kypriani ...... 158
Uniforms ...... 169
The Suitcase ...... 179
The Escape ...... 194
The Unseen Aspect ...... 211
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You could buy a rough guide and you could look up the history of the island on wikipedia. Gregory and other stories does all that and many more. It's a journey through time and in all honesty, done in a masterful way. Ioannides' short stories not only manage to inform you about the island's turbulent history, the characters he creates are amazingly real and human and more often than not, controversial. My favorite story is about the ancient king Cinyras, the first religious/political leader of the island, and if I am not mistaken, Cinyras mirrors Archibishop Makarios III, a modern religious/political figure of the island. Ioannides' language is deceptively simple but packed with hidden meanings and rich imagery. A true master of prose...
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Excerpt from the citation for the Award in Excellence in Letters, Arts, and Sciences bestowed to the writer by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos in 2008
My hand was sweating as I held the pistol. The curve of the trigger was biting against my finger.
Facing me, Gregory trembled.
His whole being was beseeching me, “Don’t!”
Only his mouth did not make a sound. His lips were squeezed tight. If it had been me, I would have screamed, shouted, cursed.
The soldiers were watching...
The day before, during a brief meeting, they had each given their opinions: “It’s tough luck, but it has to be done. We’ve got no choice.”
The order from Headquarters was clear: “As soon as Lieutenant Rafel’s execution is announced, the hostage Gregory is to be shot and his body must be hanged from a telegraph pole in the main street as an exemplary punishment.”
Facing me, Gregory trembled.
His whole being was beseeching me, “Don’t!”
Only his mouth did not make a sound. His lips were squeezed tight. If it had been me, I would have screamed, shouted, cursed.
The soldiers were watching...
The day before, during a brief meeting, they had each given their opinions: “It’s tough luck, but it has to be done. We’ve got no choice.”
The order from Headquarters was clear: “As soon as Lieutenant Rafel’s execution is announced, the hostage Gregory is to be shot and his body must be hanged from a telegraph pole in the main street as an exemplary punishment.”
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First few lines from the short story Gregory
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