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Dimitris Tsaloumas

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Dimitris Tsaloumas

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-10-13 (Leros, Greece)
Died
2016-02-04 age 94
Nationality
Greek, Australian
Languages
Greek, English, Italian
Residence History
Leros, Greece → Rhodes, Greece → Australia

Career

Occupations
poet, teacher
Active Years
1949-2016

Awards

National Book Council Award
1983
Result: 受賞
Patrick White Award
1994
Result: 受賞
Emeritus Award from the Literature Board of the Australia Council
2002
Organization: Australia Council
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Observatory

1983 Poetry

Bilingual edition of selected Greek poems.

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Falcon Drinking

1988 Poetry

First collection of poems entirely in English.

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Bibliography

  • Epistolē ston taxideuomenō philo (Rhodes, 1949)
  • Tropoi galēnēs (Athens: Ikaros, 1950)
  • Anastasi 1967 (Melbourne: Arion, 1974)
  • Paratērēseis hypochondriakou (Athens, 1974)
  • To spiti me tous eukalyptous (AKE, 1975)
  • O arrōstos barberēs kai alla prosōpa (Athens: Ikaros, 1979)
  • O gios tou kyr-Sakē (Athens, 1979)
  • To vivlio tōn epigrammatōn (Thessaloniki: Nea Poreia, 1981)
  • To taxidi (2 volumes, Athens: Ekdosies Sokole & Melbourne: Owl Publishing, 1995)
  • Diforos karpos (Melbourne: Owl Publishing, 2001)
  • The Observatory (trans. Philip Grundy, 1983)
  • The Book of Epigrams (trans. Philip Grundy, 1985)
  • Falcon Drinking (1988)
  • Portrait of a Dog (1991)
  • The Barge (1993)
  • The Harbour (1998)
  • Six Improvisations On The River (1996)
  • Stoneland Harvest: New & Selected Poems (1999)
  • Helen of Troy and Other Poems (2007)

Adaptations

  • Songs by Costas Tsicaderis

Translations by Author

  • Contemporary Australian Verse (1986)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise and image-rich poetic style
Recurring Motifs
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Legacy

Renowned Greek-Australian poet who made lifelong contributions to Australian literature.

In Popular Culture

  • Poems set to music by Costas Tsicaderis.

Trivia

  • Participated in the Greek Resistance.
  • Supported by Lawrence Durrell.