Dimitris Troaditis

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Born in 1959 in Athens, Greece. Came to Australia in 1992. Worked as a
store packer, printer, bookshop assistant, community radio announcer and
proof-reader. Participated in a shadow puppet theatre troupe and a music
group in ‘70s and ‘80s. Been writing poetry since his teens. In 1997, he self-
published a poetry book in Greek, H orgh, to oneiro kai h zwh (The rage, the
dream and life). Poems of him won prizes in Literary Competitions. His poetry
has been published in the “Antipodes” and “O Logos” journals in Australia,
and in various magazines and blogs in Greece. His is also a researcher of the
working class and social history of Greece. He translated into Greek and edited
Sucru Ilicak’s “Jewish Socialism in Ottoman Salonica”, published in Greece
2004. He is currently general secretary of Greek-Australian Cultural League of
Melbourne and editor of their literary magazine “Antipodes”. He is managing
http://tokoskino.wordpress.com