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'''Vasilis Michailidis''' alternatively [[Vasilis Michaelides|Michaelides]] or [[Vasilis Michailides|Michailides]] was a poet born in [[Lefkonoiko]], [[Ammochostos province]], [[Cyprus]] in [[1849]].

Michailidis initially studied art and painting, first in [[Larnaca]] and later in Naples, Italy. In [[1877]], he left for mainland [[Greece]] and fought in the uprising in [[Thessaly]]. He returned to Cyprus in [[1878]] as the British rule began and settled in [[Limassol]]. He then began writing poetry for various newspapers.

Michailidis wrote several poems in the [[Cypriot Dialect]] among them "Chiotissa", "Anerada" and the "Oraman tou Romiou" (The Greek man's dream). Arguably his most famous work is "The 9th of July 1821" a poem based on the execution of the [[Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus|Archbishop Kyprianos]] and the rest of Cypriot Orthodox Church leadership by the Ottoman rulers of the time.

Michailidis fell into poor health and poverty late in life, much of which was due to alcoholism. He finally died on [[December 18]], [[1917]].

He is considered by many and is often referred to as the national poet of [[Cyprus]].

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