Myrto Azina Chronides

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Myrto Azina Chronides (born 1961, died 2021) was a Greek Cypriot writer. [1] She was born in Nicosia and started writing at a young age. She studied at the Pancyprian Gymnasium, before going on to medical school. She studied at the University of Bonn in Euskirchen, and currently works in public health in Cyprus.

Azina Chronides published her first book Hemerologion when she was just fifteen years old. She won the EU Prize for Literature for To Peirama (The Experiment).

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References

  1. "Myrto Azina (Author Profile)". European Union Prize for Literature.