BRIEF CV

Elena Toumazi , literary pseudonym Rebelina, was born in Nicosia but grew up in Famagusta. After high school she studied experimental child psychology in Geneva. For short periods of time she worked on radio and television in Cyprus. In 1980 she attended a seminar on women's writing in Paris at the University of Vincennes. Since 1982 she has lived and written in Limassol. Each book is accompanied by her own drawings.

Elena passed away on 25/9/2023.

Work:

The little mole and the sun, 1972, Famagusta.

Mass of the deceased present, June 1974, Nicosia.

The bodies of Chrysothemi after her public beheading at the end of the 20th century AD, 1977, Nicosia.

Variations on the Earth, Women's Publishing House, 1981, Athens.

Breaths of a True Name - composition, with verses by beloved poets and excerpts from fairy tales - Aphi publications, 2008, Limassol

Erchou, Aphi Publications, 2011, Limassol (state poetry award).

MARGINALIA Two female voices published by AFI (2016)

Ivi Meleagrou (1928-2019) was born in Nicosia. She graduated from the Pancyprian Gymnasium and the French School for Nuns (Saint Jojeph) in her hometown and attended correspondence courses in classical studies from the University of London. She was the niece of Loukis Akritas. She developed a multifaceted activity as a founding member and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Cypriot Chronicles" (it began circulating in 1960), in whose pages she published literary texts and texts of socio-political concern. Ivi Meleagrou belongs to the Cypriot writers of the post-war generation. Her entire work is closely connected to the history of her homeland from the island's independence in 1960 to the invasion of Attila and contemporary reality. Her interest in literature dates back to her student years. Her first appearance in literature was in 1951 in the weekly publication "Protevousa" and in the literary magazine "Kypriaka Grammata", with her short stories, of which "Fournadiko" was distinguished with the award of the Cyprus Intellectual Club. Her novella "To spidito tou Solomou" won the same award in 1957. She was also awarded the State Prize for Novel in Cyprus (in 1969, for the novel "Eastern Mediterranean"), the First Cypriot State Prize for Novel (in 1982, for "The Penultimate Era") and the Second State Prize for Novel in Greece (in 1983, for "The Penultimate Era"). In 2004, she was awarded the Excellence in Letters and Arts of the Republic of Cyprus and the George Philip Pierides Prize of the Cyprus Writers' Union. She was a founding member of the Writers' Society. She became internationally known not only for her prose work, but also for her political action in relation to the Cyprus issue. She was the first announcer of the Cyprus Radio Station and producer of its literary broadcasts. She also served as General Secretary of the Spiritual Brotherhood of Greek Women of Cyprus for 18 years, Secretary of the House of Cypriot Chronicles and Secretary of the first Society of Cypriot Writers. She passed away in January 2019, at the age of 90. For more biographical information on Ivi Meleagrou, see, among others: E.H. Kasdaglis, "Ivi Meleagrou", in "The Post-War Prose; From the War of '40 to the Dictatorship of '67", vol. 5, pp. 218-231, Sokolis Publications, 1988, and "Archive of Greek Writers EKEBI", www.ekebi.gr).