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, 1964CYPRUS EPICS, short stories, P.K.I. Publications, Cyprus, 1968KRONAKA, VOLUMES I & II, novellas and short stories, I.M. Publications, Cyprus 1970 and 1972CENSUS Απογραφή, novel, I.M. Publications, Cyprus, 1973 Second edition, Ledra Publications, Athens, 1993THE UNSEEN ASPECT, novellas and short stories, Kinyras Publications, Cyprus, 1979THREE PARABLES BY NICOLAOS KEYS, JOURNALIST Τρείς Παραβολές, novellas, Kinyras Publications, Cyprus, 1989THE UNBEARABLE PATRIOTISM OF P.F.K. Η Αβάσταχτη Φιλοπατρία του Π.Φ.Κ., novel, Kinyras Publications, Cyprus, 1989 Second Edition, Kastaniotis Publications, Athens 1990SAILING, VOLUMES I & II, novellas and short stories, Alassia Publications, Cyprus 1992DEVAS Οι Ντέβα, novel, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2006AMERICA '62: De Profundis Αμερική 62: De Profundis, novel, Armida Publications and AIORA PRESS, Cyprus and Greece December 2007KOAZINOS Κοάζινος, novel, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2012THE MAN FROM SALINA, Ο άνθρωπος από την Σαλίνα, Έκδοση περιοδικού «Κυπριακά Χρονικά» 1964, Cyprus 1964PLAYS FROM THE BIBLE, Δραματάκια από τη Βίβλο. Εκδοση Πολίτη, Αθήνα 1970, Athens 1970PYGMALION AND GALATIA, Cyprus 1973YOU, WHO DIED FOR THE LIGHT Συ που σκοτώθεις για το φως, Cyprus 1962 Revised edition, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2004THREE PLAYS (The Bath, Ventriloquists, Gregory), Kinyras Publications, Cyprus 1973ONESILUS, Proodos Publications, Cyprus 1981THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS (The Suitcase, Dry Martini, Cousins), P.K.I. Publications, Cyprus 1984FOTINOS Φωτεινός, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2000MEMORIAL SERVICE, SIMAE Publications, Cyprus 2002LEONTIOS AND SMYRNA Λεόντιος και Σμύρνα, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2005SONGS OF SHIGERU AND OTHER POEMS, Cyprus 1966IN PARENTHESIS Εν Παρενθέσει..., Armida Publications, Cyprus 2000CYPRUS HIGHLIGHTS, with Leonidas Malenis, Cyprus 1963ANTHOLOGY OF CYPRIOT SHORT-STORIES, with Andreas Christofides, I.M. Publications, Cyprus 1969ANTHOLOGY OF THE EOKA STRUGGLE, I.M. Publications, Cyprus 1973FACE OF AN ISLAND [1], 24 short stories from Cyprus in English, Armida Publications, Cyprus 1997FACE OF AN ISLAND [2], 25 Cypriot poets translated in English, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2000EUROPE IN CYPRIOT PROSE, Bilingual, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2006EUROPE IN CYPRIOT ESSAY WRITINGS, Bilingual, Armida Publications, Cyprus 2006IN 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, 1968POEMS: 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, 2001FIVE NOVELAS: KINYRAS, GREGORIOS AND EFTHYMIOS, KING ALEXIS, KYPRIANI, PHOTOGRAPHS, Translated in Bulgaria by Georgi KonstantinovAMERICA 62: DE PROFUNDIS, Translated in German by Brigite Munch, Published by Verlag auf dem RuffelAMERICA 62: DE PROFUNDIS, Translated in Turkish by Lale Alatli, Published by Orm and RuffelKOAZINOS, Translated in German by Michaela Prinzinger, Published by Verlag auf dem RuffelKOAZINOS, Translated in Arabic by Dr. Khaled Raouf, Published by Sefsafa Culture & PublishingKOAZINOS, Translated in Turkish by Lale Alatli, Published by OPM and RuffelCENSUS, Translated in English by Despina Pirketti, Published by Armida PublicationsDEVAS, Translated in German by Brigite Munch, Published by Groessenwahn VerlagShort stories and novellas by Panos Ioannides have been published in the following anthologies and magazines:
SHORT STORY INTERNATIONAL, New York, Issues 60, 62 and 98SUDDEN FICTION, World short story anthology, Norton and Co, New York-London, 1992THE STORY TELLER, International Prose Anthology, Edition Nelson, Canada, 1992FOREIGN LITERATURE, Cyprus Prose Anthology in Chinese, Beijing 1988ZYPRISCHEN MINIATUREN, Romiosini Publications, Cologne, 1987KALIMERHABA, Trilingual Cyprus Prose and Poetry Anthology in German, Greek and Turkish, Romiosini Publications, Cologne, 1992CIPRUSI GOROG ELBESZELESEK, Cyprus Anthology in Hungarian, Europa Konyukiado Publishing, Budapest, 1985PROSE AND POETRY, Hellenica Chronica Publ., Paris 1993GRIEKENLAND AAN ZEE, Anthology of Greek Literature in Dutch, Chimaira Publishing, Groningen, the Netherlands, 2001LITERATURA DE LA ISLA DE CHIPRE, Anthology in Spanish, Universidad de la Playa Ancha, Chile, 2003GREEK 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, 1968CENSUS, Novel, 1973THE UNSEEN ASPECT, short stories, 1979THE UNBEARABLE PATRIOTISM OF P.F.K., novel, 1989KOAZINOS, novel, 2012Prizes awarded for his theatrical plays:
GREGORY, 1st Prize at the 5th International Theatrical Festival, Sofia, 1976ONESILUS, 1st Prize of the Cyprus Society of Playwrights, 1980DRY MARTINI, 1st Prize of Cyprus National Theatre Organization, 1984In 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 | ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣΔύο μυθιστορήματα κι ένας αιώνας ανάμεσά τους (Μέρος Α’) - Αλήθεια OnlineΔύο μυθιστορήματα κι ένας αιώνας ανάμεσά τους (Μέρος B’) - Αλήθεια OnlineThe Short Review - A J KirbyΑμερική, ένα κατόρθωμα στον τομέα της μυθιστοριογραφίας, περιοδικό Φρέαρ – του Χριστόδουλου ΚαλλίνουΟ Πάνος Ιωαννίδης και η αθέατη όψη της Κύπρου - της Φραγκίσκης Αμπατζοπούλου
