Panos Ioannides was born in Famagusta, Cyprus, in 1935. He studied Mass Communications and Sociology in the United States and Canada. He served as Director of Radio and Television Programmes at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. He has been writing literature, mostly prose and theatre, since 1955. Works of his have been translated and published in their entirety or in parts in French, German, Arabic, Japanese, English, Russian, Romanian, Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Serbo-Croat, Turkish, Persian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, and other languages. His plays Gregory, Peter the First, The Suitcase, and Ventriloquists have been staged in Greece, England, USA and Germany. He served as Chairman of the Cyprus Theatre Organization (ThOK) Repertory Committee, and as President of the Cypriot PEN Centre, the Cyprus chapter of PEN International. He lives in Nicosia, Cyprus.
IN ETHERIAL CYPRUS, short stories, G. Fexis Publications, Athens, 1964
CYPRUS EPICS, short stories, P.K.I. Publications, Cyprus, 1968
KRONAKA, VOLUMES I & II, novellas and short stories, I.M. Publications, Cyprus 1970 and 1972
CENSUS Απογραφή, novel, I.M. Publications, Cyprus, 1973 Second edition, Ledra Publications, Athens, 1993
THE UNSEEN ASPECT, novellas and short stories, Kinyras Publications, Cyprus, 1979
THREE PARABLES BY NICOLAOS KEYS, JOURNALIST Τρείς Παραβολές, novellas, Kinyras Publications, Cyprus, 1989
THE UNBEARABLE PATRIOTISM OF P.F.K. Η Αβάσταχτη Φιλοπατρία του Π.Φ.Κ., novel, Kinyras Publications, Cyprus, 1989 Second Edition, Kastaniotis Publications, Athens 1990
SAILING, VOLUMES I & II, novellas and short stories, Alassia Publications, Cyprus 1992
DEVAS Οι Ντέβα, novel, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2006
AMERICA '62: De Profundis Αμερική 62: De Profundis, novel, Armida Publications and AIORA PRESS, Cyprus and Greece December 2007
KOAZINOS Κοάζινος, novel, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2012
THE MAN FROM SALINA, Ο άνθρωπος από την Σαλίνα, Έκδοση περιοδικού «Κυπριακά Χρονικά» 1964, Cyprus 1964
PLAYS FROM THE BIBLE, Δραματάκια από τη Βίβλο. Εκδοση Πολίτη, Αθήνα 1970, Athens 1970
PYGMALION AND GALATIA, Cyprus 1973
YOU, WHO DIED FOR THE LIGHT Συ που σκοτώθεις για το φως, Cyprus 1962 Revised edition, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2004
THREE PLAYS (The Bath, Ventriloquists, Gregory), Kinyras Publications, Cyprus 1973
ONESILUS, Proodos Publications, Cyprus 1981
THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS (The Suitcase, Dry Martini, Cousins), P.K.I. Publications, Cyprus 1984
FOTINOS Φωτεινός, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2000
MEMORIAL SERVICE, SIMAE Publications, Cyprus 2002
LEONTIOS AND SMYRNA Λεόντιος και Σμύρνα, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2005
SONGS OF SHIGERU AND OTHER POEMS, Cyprus 1966
IN PARENTHESIS Εν Παρενθέσει..., Armida Publications, Cyprus 2000
CYPRUS HIGHLIGHTS, with Leonidas Malenis, Cyprus 1963
ANTHOLOGY OF CYPRIOT SHORT-STORIES, with Andreas Christofides, I.M. Publications, Cyprus 1969
ANTHOLOGY OF THE EOKA STRUGGLE, I.M. Publications, Cyprus 1973
FACE OF AN ISLAND [1], 24 short stories from Cyprus in English, Armida Publications, Cyprus 1997
FACE OF AN ISLAND [2], 25 Cypriot poets translated in English, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2000
EUROPE IN CYPRIOT PROSE, Bilingual, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2006
EUROPE IN CYPRIOT ESSAY WRITINGS, Bilingual, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2006
IN FOCUS [3], quarterly magazine, Cyprus PEN Centre DEC 2003 ~
TV and Cinema scenarios
GREGORY: Directed by Evis Gavrielides, the televised version was shown by the CyBCTV, TV Greece and other European TV Stations, as well as by the National TV Network of Australia.
ASINOU: A documentary on the Chapel of Asinou, directed by Panos Ioannides. This church belongs to a group of nine Troodos Mountain Churches included in the World Heritage Monuments selected by UNESCO. The documentary was shown in Cyprus, Greece and other countries.
THE TILLYRIA BOMBINGS: Documentary filmed by the writer in Tillyria district, Paphos, during the bombing of this district of Cyprus by the Turkish air force in 1964.
KYRIAKOS MATSIS: Documentary on the life of the hero of the Cyprus liberation struggle, Kyriakos Matsis.
PETER THE FIRST: Scenario for the historical TV series of eleven, forty-five-minute episodes. The series was shown in Cyprus and by the CyBC Satellite TV.
TROUBLED YEARS: Scenario for a TV series of the same name, in collaboration with Hera Genagritou. It was shown on MEGA TV, Cyprus.
Works of Panos Ioannides have been translated and published in their entirety or in parts, in various languages.
POEMS: French translation of Song for Shigeru and other poems. Translated by Gaston Henry Aufrére, Edition Subervie, Rodez, France, 1968
POEMS: Japanese translation of Song for Shigeru and other poems.
PETROS I ODER DIE BALLADE DER ARODAFNUSSA: Translation of the play «Peter I». It was published in German in 1987 by Romiosini Publishing House. Translated by Gudrun Rohr, it was staged the same year by the Cologne Theatre «Comedia».
TROIS PARABLES DE NIKOLAOS KEIS - JOURNALIST: Translated by Helen Reboud, the prose book «Three parables by N. Keys, journalist», was published in a bilingual edition by the University of Nancy, France and the Editions «Praxandre», in 1996.
THE UNBEARABLE PATRIOTISM OF P.F.K.: The novel was published in Romanian by the Meronia Publishing House, Bucharest, 2001
FIVE NOVELAS: KINYRAS, GREGORIOS AND EFTHYMIOS, KING ALEXIS, KYPRIANI, PHOTOGRAPHS, Translated in Bulgaria by Georgi Konstantinov
AMERICA 62: DE PROFUNDIS, Translated in German by Brigite Munch, Published by Verlag auf dem Ruffel
AMERICA 62: DE PROFUNDIS, Translated in Turkish by Lale Alatli, Published by Orm and Ruffel
KOAZINOS, Translated in German by Michaela Prinzinger, Published by Verlag auf dem Ruffel
KOAZINOS, Translated in Arabic by Dr. Khaled Raouf, Published by Sefsafa Culture & Publishing
KOAZINOS, Translated in Turkish by Lale Alatli, Published by OPM and Ruffel
CENSUS, Translated in English by Despina Pirketti, Published by Armida Publications
DEVAS, Translated in German by Brigite Munch, Published by Groessenwahn Verlag
Short stories and novellas by Panos Ioannides have been published in the following anthologies and magazines:
SHORT STORY INTERNATIONAL, New York, Issues 60, 62 and 98
SUDDEN FICTION, World short story anthology, Norton and Co, New York-London, 1992
THE STORY TELLER, International Prose Anthology, Edition Nelson, Canada, 1992
FOREIGN LITERATURE, Cyprus Prose Anthology in Chinese, Beijing 1988
ZYPRISCHEN MINIATUREN, Romiosini Publications, Cologne, 1987
KALIMERHABA, Trilingual Cyprus Prose and Poetry Anthology in German, Greek and Turkish, Romiosini Publications, Cologne, 1992
CIPRUSI GOROG ELBESZELESEK, Cyprus Anthology in Hungarian, Europa Konyukiado Publishing, Budapest, 1985
PROSE AND POETRY, Hellenica Chronica Publ., Paris 1993
GRIEKENLAND AAN ZEE, Anthology of Greek Literature in Dutch, Chimaira Publishing, Groningen, the Netherlands, 2001
LITERATURA DE LA ISLA DE CHIPRE, Anthology in Spanish, Universidad de la Playa Ancha, Chile, 2003
GREEK WRITERS TODAY, Volume I, Hellenic Authors Society Publ.
He has been awarded five National Prizes for Literature by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture for his works:
CYPRUS EPICS, short stories, 1968
CENSUS, Novel, 1973
THE UNSEEN ASPECT, short stories, 1979
THE UNBEARABLE PATRIOTISM OF P.F.K., novel, 1989
KOAZINOS, novel, 2012
Prizes awarded for his theatrical plays:
GREGORY, 1st Prize at the 5th International Theatrical Festival, Sofia, 1976
ONESILUS, 1st Prize of the Cyprus Society of Playwrights, 1980
DRY MARTINI, 1st Prize of Cyprus National Theatre Organization, 1984
In 1992 Panos Ioannides was awarded the «Theodosis Pierides and Tefkros Anthias» Prize for his contribution to Cyprus Literature. In 2007 he won the highest award given by the Republic of Cyprus to a writer: Excellence in Letters, Arts and Sciences. In 2009 Panos Ioannides was awarded the «George Philippou Pierides Prize» for his Prose Works, by the Union of Cypriot Writers
Reviews and interviews
Reviews of his work and interviews are published regularly in the press. The most recent reviews include:
Η τριλογία μιας γεμάτης ζωής - ΠΑΡΑΘΥΡΟ | ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ
Δύο μυθιστορήματα κι ένας αιώνας ανάμεσά τους (Μέρος Α’) - Αλήθεια Online
Δύο μυθιστορήματα κι ένας αιώνας ανάμεσά τους (Μέρος B’) - Αλήθεια Online
The Short Review - A J Kirby
Αμερική, ένα κατόρθωμα στον τομέα της μυθιστοριογραφίας, περιοδικό Φρέαρ – του Χριστόδουλου Καλλίνου
Ο Πάνος Ιωαννίδης και η αθέατη όψη της Κύπρου - της Φραγκίσκης Αμπατζοπούλου
