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The news of the death of Lefkios Zafeiriou was deeply saddening. We lose a talented and gifted writer and scholar, who was a long-time official of the Ministry of Education, with a special contribution to the Greek letters of Cyprus.
Lefkios Zafeiriou distinguished himself and contributed much not only as a poet and prose writer, but also as a scholar of literature and even as an executive officer of education. He was one of the people who leaves a legacy in cultivating the crucial relationship between education and letters and literature.
A fighter of life, but also a fighter of spirit, he leaves the imprint of a gentle, well-meaning, yet tenacious worker of letters and spirit. He faced great difficulties with courage and patience, emerging victorious in life, but we had the misfortune to see him finally depart from life, relatively prematurely, yesterday.
Lefkios leaves us an important literary work, with a distinctive poetic statement and prose, which have earned him important distinctions and awards. He has also produced important anthologies and literary studies. He was particularly distinguished for his original research work on Andreas Kalvos. While of particular importance is that he has always acted as an active liaison between the wider Greek and Cypriot Greek literature. His close collaboration with important contemporary personalities of Greek letters leaves a permanent imprint on the world of literature.
From his early youth, with "Almost Nihilism", to "Symphorites" and "The Life and Work of Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869)", he leaves us a very remarkable work that will always speak for its author.
From his early youth, with "Almost Nihilism", to "Symphorites" and "The Life and Work of Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869)", he leaves us a very remarkable work that will always speak for its creator.
I personally had the opportunity to know and work closely with Lefkios Zafiriou and will always remember him as a noble thinker and an eager dialogue lover of letters. We worked together in particular for some time when Nikos Orphanidis and Lefkios Zafeiriou and I started publishing the literary review "The Coast" at a crucial moment in the early 1990s and that experience leaves me with a fond memory of Lefkios as a great thinker and a great human being. Also unforgettable are the moments, the interaction and discussions with Lefkio in the context of an intellectual circle that for years revolved around the "Aegeon" in Nicosia.
Both personally and on behalf of the Ministry and the educational world, which he served from various important positions, I can say with certainty that Lefkios' memory will be eternal and dear.
I extend my sincere condolences to his two brothers and sisters and the rest of his family.
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