Jim Sakkas Jim Sakkas i(A11959 works by) (a.k.a. Dimitris Sakkas)
Born: Established: 1954
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Greece,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1961
Heritage: Greek
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1 Jim Sakkas: 'Ilias' Jim Sakkas , 2000 extract novel (Ilias)
— Appears in: Mixed Grain: Celebrating 20 Years of 'The Australian' Vogel Literary Award 2000; (p. 51-59)
1 5 y separately published work icon Stella's Place Jim Sakkas , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1998 Z307427 1998 single work novel
1 A Record from Salapatas Jim Sakkas , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Society , December-January (1989-1990) 1989; (p. 57-58)
1 16 y separately published work icon Ilias Jim Sakkas , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1988 Z131470 1988 single work novel

'A young Greek fisherman, Ilias's first experience as a migrant in Australia in the 1920s is working on the docks as a 'skeb' labourer. He attempts to make his way, learning English from his workmates as he goes. With help from his Chinese friend Harry he buys a greengrocer's shop, but this venture later fails when his regular customers prefer to buy from an 'Aussie' further up the road. Pushed by prejudice and the Depression to a Victorian country town, he finds work in a timber mill. His young wife and three children settle down to a regular life. They are 'at home'.

'But Ilias longs for the sound and movement of the sea, and dreams of returning to his father's home as a success.

'Ilias is a powerfully written first novel of a young man's rites of passage in a land and time where assimilation is valued and multiculturalism unknown.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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