George Philippou Pierides
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George Philippou Pierides was a Cypriot
writer, celebrated for his cycle of short stories later collected as "Tetralogy of the Times" (Η Τετραλογία των Καιρών).
in 1904. He grew up and lived in Egypt where he worked in the cotton industry. After World War II, he returned and settled in Cyprus where he worked primarily as a librarian. His writings reflect his observations and experiences in both Egypt ("The Cotton Growers") and Cyprus ("Tetralogy of the Times").
In historical order (the original short stories were not written in strict chronological sequence but were published as such within "Tetralogy") the four sections are:
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
writer, celebrated for his cycle of short stories later collected as "Tetralogy of the Times" (Η Τετραλογία των Καιρών).
His life
Pierides was born in CyprusCyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
in 1904. He grew up and lived in Egypt where he worked in the cotton industry. After World War II, he returned and settled in Cyprus where he worked primarily as a librarian. His writings reflect his observations and experiences in both Egypt ("The Cotton Growers") and Cyprus ("Tetralogy of the Times").
Tetralogy of the Times
This collection of short stories, published in Greek by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. Each group of short stories deals with a different period in Cypriot history, as seen through the lives of ordinary people from various walks of life and social positions in the Greek Cypriot community.In historical order (the original short stories were not written in strict chronological sequence but were published as such within "Tetralogy") the four sections are:
- "Times Immovable" which deals with the period before the 1955 Greek Cypriot uprising.
- "Times of Difficulty" which deals with the period between 1955 and 1959.
- "Times of Affluence" which deals with the period of the first Cypriot Republic (1960–1974) and
- "Times of Suffering" which examines the reactions and experiences coming out of the 1974 coup and the Turkish military intervention.