WEBSITE OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this website is to present the work of the Cypriot folk poet Christophoros Th. Palesis (A.K.A Paleshis). Here you will find information about the poet’s life and work, you will read/listen to some of his poems, and you will be informed about new editions of his poetry.

Currently, the main contents of this website are the following:

• A brief Biography of the poet written by his son Antonios Chr. Palesis

• An overview of the new editions of his well known narrative poem “Irene and Vassos” (“Ειρηνού και Βάσος”) now available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook format.

  • Go to new editions overview

• Sample poems illustrating the breath and diversity of the poet’s work, including several autobiographical poems that described how Chr. Th. Palesis viewed his role as a poet, a few love poems, a narrative poem illustrating the traditional marriage customs in old Cypriot villages, and a hand-written manuscript of several unpublished wedding songs.

  • You will find them here

We will continue to add new poems and information about the poet to this website.

We also invite you to “like” the Facebook page devoted to the poet

https://www.facebook.com/paleshis/

where you can share information, thoughts and feelings with the other friends of the page so that, together, we can build a fun poetic community.

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WEBSITE TEAM

Elena Palesis and John Α Palesis, great granddaughter and grandson of the poet