High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yuhanon Qashisho (1918 Esfes, Ottoman Empire – 2001 Sweden) was a praised Assyrian author and poet. He is known in the Assyrian community as one of the greatest Assyrian writer in the past century. His writings created a power base from which many Assyrian political and cultural movements in Syria and Lebanon have emerged in the late 20th century. Malfono Qashisho`s literary works in Assyrian language included over 200 poems, school texts, story books, and Assyrian-Swedish and Swedish-Assyrian dictionaries.