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Rina Katselli
Rina Katselli (1938 – 28 May 2021) was a writer and politician from Cyprus. She is considered one of the most important contemporary Cypriot playwrights and prose writers. In 1981, she became the first Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot woman to serve in Cyprus' House of Representatives (Cyprus), House of Representatives. Katselli's work frequently drew on her experience of displacement from her home region of Kyrenia after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, including in her widely translated 1978 novel ''Galazia falaina''. Biography Katselli was born Rina Charalambidis in 1938 in Kyrenia, in the northern part of the island of Cyprus. After she finished high school in the late 1950s, she joined the ranks of EOKA, a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that opposed British rule of the island. During her time with EOKA, she was imprisoned for a month by the British authorities. The organization disbanded in 1959, and after Cyprus gained independence th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrenia
Kyrenia is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle. It is under the '' de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. While there is evidence showing that the wider region of Kyrenia has been populated before, the city was built by the Greeks named Achaeans from the Peloponnese after the Trojan War (1300 BC). According to Greek mythology, Kyrenia was founded by the Achaeans Cepheus and Praxandrus who ended up there after the Trojan War. The heroes gave to the new city the name of their city of Kyrenia located in Achaia, Greece. As the town grew prosperous, the Romans established the foundations of its castle in the 1st century AD. Kyrenia grew in importance after the 9th century due to the safety offered by the castle, and played a pivotal role under the Lusignan rule as the city never capitulated. The castle has been most recently modified by the Venetians in the 15th century, but the city surrendered to the Ottoman Empire in 1571. The city' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
