Aristides Paradissis

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Aristides Paradissis (14 July 1923 – 22 December 2005) was an Australian poet and professor.

Biography

Born on 14 July 1923 of Greek parents in Chefoo (now Yantai), China, Paradissis moved to Shanghai in 1932.[1] He studied at St. Francis Xavier's College and then business and law at the Aurora University (Shanghai).[1] Paradissis arrived in Australia in 1949 and continued his studies at the University of Melbourne (MA 1959,[2] PhD 1965[3]) and at La Trobe University (MA Spanish 1972[4]).[5]

Paradissis was naturalised in 1955.[6] He worked as senior lecturer in French, Spanish, and European literature at La Trobe University (1967–85).[1]

Paradissis died on 22 December 2005.[7]

Works

  • A Tree at the gate, Sydney, Wentworth Books, 1971
  • The City of the Tree, South Melbourne: Taurus Publishing, 1981
  • The Bing Book of Verse: Poems in Memory of Bing Crosby, Balwyn, Victoria. 1983
  • Dragonsleep, New York, Vantage Press, 1995.
  • The Balzac Stories: from Paris to Parramatta and other Tales, Melbourne: Adapar Creative Services, 1996
  • The Shanghai Chronicles: the Day after Pearl Harbor and other stories, Melbourne: Adapar Creative Services, 1998

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