George Philippou Pierides


George Philippou Pierides was a Cypriot writer, celebrated for his cycle of short stories later collected as "Tetralogy of the Times".

His life

Pierides was born in Cyprus 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 and Cyprus.

His work

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 four sections are: