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manent Director at the Theatre Development
Organisation and in 1975 he was appointed
Director of the Cyprus National Theatre
(THOC) where he was instrumental in the
creation of its Experimental Stage.
Since his retirement, in 1989, he has appeared
five times at the prestigious Epidavros Festival.
Among other distinctions he received the
"Melina Mercouri" Award for his services to
Cyprus Theatre.
Nicos Panayiotou
Nicos Panayiotou has been involved in a large
number of intellectual activities and has made
a multi-faceted contribution to the socio-cultural
matters of Cyprus.
Born in 1941 at Enkomi, Nicosia, he studied
Greek language and literature at the University
of Athens and proceeded with post
graduate studies at the State University of Indiana
on a Fulbright scholarship where he obtained
an MA in Arts Administration. Later, at the
University of Ioannina he was awarded a PhD
for the doctoral thesis: "Greek Men of Letters
and Arts Recorded in Cypriot Periodicals
(1898-1997), "an eight volume work studying
the presence of Greeks in Cyprus. This
work constitutes an important tool in the study
of Cypriot history in the 20th century and the
cultural relations between Greece and Cyprus
in particular.
He worked as a teacher in secondary schools
of Cyprus and at the Pedagogical Academy.
In 1972 he was appointed at the Cultural
Offices of the Ministry of Education and Culture
where he was promoted to Director of
the Cultural Services. Between 1998 and until
his retirement in 2001 he served as Director
of the President’s Office.
Nicos Panayiotou was the founder and columnist
of the magazine "Cypriot Sunbeams"
issued by the EFEK student’s organisation,
chief editor of the magazine "Cyprus Today"
and Secretary of the Publishing Committee
of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the
National Committee for Book Promotion and
the European Music Year (1985). He was
instrumental in the creation of the Cyprus
International Theatre Institute (I.T.I.), Cyprus
Music Committee and the Folk Art Committee.
He was also Chairman of a number
of Committees: of the Cyprus Today review,
of the Cyprus Chamber Orchestra, of the
Cyprus Library and others. He was also
President of PASYDY, the government’s
officers’ union.
His greatest contribution, however, is his bibliographical
work. In 1984, he took the significant
initiative of establishing the Cyprus
Bibliographical Society with the objective of
enhancing research and the science of bibliography.
Since its foundation, Nicos Panayiotou,
the President of the C.B.S. has regularly published
year after year a total of 20 volumes of
"Cyprus Bibliography". Between 1969 and
1972 and 1976 and 1980 he collaborated with