Νικολαΐδης, Νίκος

Nikos Nikolaidis, also known as Nikos Nikolaidis of Cyprus, was born in Nicosia probably in 1884 and died in Cairo in 1956. Orphaned at an early age, he devoted himself professionally to sacred painting. He travelled extensively and in 1923 he settled in Cairo. He was the author of plays, novels and short stories that have secured his place as the greatest Greek-Cypriot author and one of the greatest exponents of the Greek equivalent of realism. The Three Obsessions of Kassianos the Shopkeeper (original Greek title Τα τρία καρφιά) was published for the first time in 1948 and is presented for the first time in an Italian version.