George Philippou Pierides
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George Philippou Pierides (Greek: Γιώργος Φιλίππου Πιερίδης) (9 August 1904 – December 1999) was a Cypriot writer, celebrated for his cycle of short stories later collected as "Tetralogy of the Times" (Η Τετραλογία των Καιρών).
Pierides was born in the village of Dali in Cyprus in 1904. He grew up and lived in Egypt where he worked in the cotton industry. After World War II, he returned and settled in Cyprus in 1947 where he worked primarily as a librarian in the Municipal Library of Famagusta and the Library of Phaneromeni in Nicosia.[1] His writings reflect his observations and experiences in both Egypt ("The Cotton Growers") and Cyprus ("Tetralogy of the Times").
