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On Thursday, 22 June 2023, at the House of Cyprus in Athens, a Philological Memorial Service for the important prose writer, poet and researcher Lefkios Zafeiriou was held with great success, in the presence of many people of letters, members of his family and friends.
At the event, which was co-organised by the Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus, the House of Cyprus and the Friends of Lefkios Zafeiriou Initiative Group, with the support of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus, a speech was read by Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Academician, Paschalis Kitromilides. Mrs Aliki Stylianou, Director of the Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus, Mrs Elena Diomedes-Parpouna, Deputy Director of the University of Cyprus Library, and, on behalf of the family of Lefkios Zafeiriou, his sister, poet Frosoula Kolossiatou.
On the occasion of three new publications, Lefkios Zafeiriou's work was presented by:
- the literary critic Alexis Ziras, who presented the book "The Confederates" (Revised edition, "En typos" Publications, 2023),
- the editor Julia Tsiakiri who introduced the book "Correspondence of Lefkios Zafeiriou - Stylianos Alexiou" (Publications "To Rodakios"); the editor of the publication, Associate Professor of the University of Cyprus Afroditi Athanasopoulou, sent a presentation text of the work, which was read by the philologist George Myaris,
- the Associate Professor of Modern Greek Literature and Member of the Academic Committee of the UNESCO Chair of the University of Nicosia Marina Rodosthenous-Balafa, who presented the scrapbook "The meteoric sorrow of history" (Press and Information Office publication) and read the presentation text of the same book sent by the philologist Natia Charalambidou.
The event concluded with the interventions of friends, peers, researchers and academics who shared their thoughts about the man Lefkios Zafiriou, his literary and research work. Costis Danopoulos, George Markopoulos, George Myaris, Dimitris Papachristos, Spyros Pappas, Georgia Pateridou and Ellie Filokyprou spoke.
The event was coordinated by the author, researcher and educator, Honorary President of the Cyprus Children's/Young People's Book Association and President of the Larnaca House of Letters and Arts Costas Katsonis.
The event will be posted on the website of the Live Webcasting Service DIYLOS of the National Network of Infrastructures for Research and Technology - Technology and Technology Infrastructure (NDYTE) and will be accessible for viewing via link here.
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