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Kyriakos Charalambides is a Cypriot writer. He was born on January 31, 1940 in Achna, in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. He studied history and archaeology at the University of Athens, 1958-64, drama at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater, 1962-63 and radio in Munich, 1972-73. After four years as a Philology Master in Cyprus, he was appointed to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation where he served until 1997 as Head of Radio Programmes. he is the author of nine books of poetry.Three of them were awarded the First State Prize for Poetry (Cyprus). His book "Tholos" (Dome) was awarded the Athens Academy Prize (1989) and his collection "Metahistory" was awarded the Greek National Prize for Poetry (1996). In 1997 he published his own translation and introduction to Romanos the Melodist's "Three Hymns." which was awarded the Hellenic Society of Literatary Translator's Prize. He is also the recipient of the 1998 Cavafy Prize (Egypt).
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