CYCLOPS Award 2019
EventsFor the year 2019, the following honorary distinctions were awarded:
The Scientist Award was awarded to Mr. Moschos Morfakidis, Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Philology at the University of Granada.
MoschosMorfakidis has an extensive academic record. He has authored eleven books, published more than one hundred scholarly articles, and edited six collective volumes. He has been awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic with the Order of the Phoenix, while he has also received the Medal of Honor from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Granada, the Golden Cross from the Municipality of Athens, and the Golden Cross from the Hellenic Society of Literary Translators.
In the meantime, Moschos Morfakidis was, for two consecutive years meaning 2018 and 2019, one of the main initiators and organizers of the “Summer Program of Greek Language, Translation, and Culture” of the research group “Studies in Medieval and Modern Greek Culture” of the University of Granada (Spain), under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Directorate of Literature) and with the sponsorship of CYCLOPS Non-Profit Organization, among other institutions.
The Farmer – Breeder Award was awarded to Mr. Vasileios Meneleklis, Chairman of the Agricultural and Livestock Industrial Cooperative of Prosotsani “Menikio”.
Since 2014, a commendable effort has been developing in Prosotsani, on Mount Menikio. In a uniquely vertically integrated dairy production unit, with respect for tradition and the natural environment, high-quality dairy and cheese products are produced exclusively by goat’s milk.
An innovative initiative of the company was the introduction into the wider daily market of a sector that did not previously exist: goat’s milk and its products.
For further information, see: www.menikio.gr
The Photographer Award for 2019 was awarded to Mr. Nikos Petrou. In his biographical note, he describes his roles as: Dentist/ Nature Photographer–Author with Enviromental Focus/ Chairman of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature since 2009.
Since 1987, Nikos Petrou has been photographing the Greek landscape and its wildlife throughout the entire country since 1987. From 1997, he has spent long periods of time in Namibia, Southwestern Africa, enriching his archive with objects from the nature and wildlife of that distant land. Numerous books have been published containing his photographs and texts, while his work has also been included in collective editions. He has published numerous articles in Greek and foreign magazines and newspapers.