Costas Montis

Costas Montis (Known as "Montis")

Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature Nominee

Born 1914-02-18

Famagusta, Cyprus

Passed Away 2004-03-01 Nicosia, Cyprus

Lifespan 90 years old

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"It is hard to believe that this small stretch of earth has wept so much and bled so deep without drowning."

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Foremost 20th-century Cypriot poet and novelist whose monumental work 'Poetic Moments' and novel 'Afentis Batistas' recorded seven decades of Cypriot historical anguish with poignant, razor-sharp brevity.

Biographical Record

Costas Montis was born on February 18, 1914, in Famagusta. After studying law at the University of Athens, Montis chose literature, founding Cyprus's first professional theater and serving as head of tourism and cultural services.

His poetic collections—especially his distinctive Moments (Stigmes)—gained international renown for compressing tragic historical fate and Mediterranean beauty into epigrammatic, three-line verses. A Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, he was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Nicosia Municipal Cemetery
Nicosia, Cyprus

                         GPS: 35.1520, 33.3480                    

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