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Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton
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Notes

  • Partial contents indexed; remainder pending
  • English translation of the title: The Book of Epigrams
  • Dedication: Sta Paidia Mou Alphabetari tes Skleres Epokes

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To the Readeri"I ploughed the mountains of your desert and watered", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 3)
Nocturnei"In the anteroom of sleep swing tails of rats", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 5)
Aubadei"There came early to my window", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 7)
Prodigali"Fanatical mosquitoes and persistent fetid stench", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 9)
Entreatyi"Figs honey-figs and royal figs", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 11)
Raini"Pushed by moaning winds and ascending sap", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 13)
Prodigal IIi"It's time for parsimony and circumspection.", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 15)
The Chill-Roomi"Anaemic in the vaults of the chill-room hang", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 17)
Lazarusi"Washed, combed, and sprinked with rosewater", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 19)
Morning Starti"Time is yesterday's, the poet's voice", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 21)
Of the Windsi"Four winds have been the guardians of my years.", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 23)
Message (Green Cape, NSW)i"Tell her that I've made up my mind today that I", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 25)
The Pranksteri"I'm not too worried you might lose me my job.", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 27)
Herodi"This one is lame and that one's knees are knocking,", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 29)
Observations of a Retired Nostalgici"So great a brilliance now your courtiers find,", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 31)
Electionsi"The mass meetings have dispersed; the campaigning,", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 33)
Dilemmai"They tell me that Dimitri (and maybe it's the truth)", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 35)
Visitingi"Whoever comes to visit me", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 37)
To St Nicolasi"Because my son will rise again impenitent,", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 39)
Promisei"By day the voices clash with colours", Dimitris Tsaloumas , Philip Grundy (translator) single work poetry (p. 41)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Greek
    • Thessaloniki, Macedonia,
      c
      Greece,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Nea Poreia ,
      1980 .
      Extent: 68p.
      Edition info: 1st ed.
    • Thessaloniki, Macedonia,
      c
      Greece,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Nea Poreia ,
      1982 .
      Extent: 109p.
      Edition info: 2nd enlarged ed.
      Note/s:
      • Additional material from p.69 prefaced as 'second series 1981'.
      • Includes index.
Alternative title: The Book of Epigrams
Language: English , Greek

Works about this Work

A Diasporic Journey: Greek-Australian Poetry in Bilingual and English Publications Helen Nickas , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013;
This article 'is an attempt to give an expository overview of some of the major Greek-Australian poets of the first generation who arrived in Australia in the fifties and the early sixties. They are: Dimitris Tsaloumas (from the island of Leros, arrived in 1952 and settled in Melbourne); Vasso Kalamaras (from Athens, arrived in 1951 and settled in outback Western Australia before moving to Perth in 1960); Yota Krili (from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1959 and settled in Sydney); Dina Amanatides (also from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1958 and settled in Melbourne); and finally, Antigone Kefala (a Greek from Romania who went first to New Zealand in 1951 and finally settled in Sydney in 1960).'
Dimitris Tsaloumas' Apostrophe Djelal Kadir , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 252-259)
Discusses Tsaloumas' solidarity with his reader through the use of the apostophe.
A Poet's Responsibilities : The Book of Epigrams John Lucas , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 216-222)

— Review of To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1980 selected work poetry
Island and Exile in The House with the Eucalypts Konstandina Dounis , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 197-205)
Tsaloumas the Ironist Philip Grundy , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 168-179)
Treats in Short Form Judith Rodriguez , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 May 1985; (p. 41)

— Review of Holiday Sea Sonnets John Blight , 1985 selected work poetry ; To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1980 selected work poetry
Of Sea, Sands and Holidays Bruce Beaver , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 20-21 July 1985;

— Review of To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1980 selected work poetry
Polished Artistry, Unadorned Anger Peter Lugg , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 May 1985; (p. 18)

— Review of To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1980 selected work poetry
Prospect, Retrospect Stephen Edgar , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Spring no. 24 1985; (p. 60-61)

— Review of To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1980 selected work poetry
Refugee from Nightmare Kallithea Bellou , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 26-27)

— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 162-167)

— Review of To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1980 selected work poetry
A Diasporic Journey: Greek-Australian Poetry in Bilingual and English Publications Helen Nickas , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013;
This article 'is an attempt to give an expository overview of some of the major Greek-Australian poets of the first generation who arrived in Australia in the fifties and the early sixties. They are: Dimitris Tsaloumas (from the island of Leros, arrived in 1952 and settled in Melbourne); Vasso Kalamaras (from Athens, arrived in 1951 and settled in outback Western Australia before moving to Perth in 1960); Yota Krili (from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1959 and settled in Sydney); Dina Amanatides (also from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1958 and settled in Melbourne); and finally, Antigone Kefala (a Greek from Romania who went first to New Zealand in 1951 and finally settled in Sydney in 1960).'
Dimitris Tsaloumas Observed Judith Rodriguez , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 1983; (p. 104-109) Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 144-150)
Dimitris Tsaloumas Thomas Shapcott , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , December vol. 2 no. 2 1985; (p. 22-24)
Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas Con Castan (interviewer), 1985 single work interview
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , December vol. 2 no. 2 1985; (p. 1-14)

— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 47-59)
Tsaloumas the Ironist Philip Grundy , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Dimitris Tsaloumas : A Voluntary Exile : Selected Writings on His Life and Work 1999; (p. 168-179)
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