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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 The Return
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    y separately published work icon To Vivlio ton Epigrammaton Dimitris Tsaloumas , Thessaloniki : Nea Poreia , 1980 Z939558 1980 selected work poetry The Book of Epigrams St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1985 pg. 43
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    y separately published work icon Joseph's Coat : An Anthology of Multicultural Writing Peter Skrzynecki (editor), Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1985 Z365989 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1985 pg. 179
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    y separately published work icon Dimitris Tsaloumas : Poet Con Castan , Box Hill North : Elikia Books , 1990 Z372648 1990 single work biography criticism Box Hill North : Elikia Books , 1990 pg. 123
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    y separately published work icon Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology John Leonard (editor), Knoxfield : Houghton Mifflin , 1990 Z361533 1990 anthology poetry humour war literature Knoxfield : Houghton Mifflin , 1990 pg. 38
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    y separately published work icon On the Move : Australian Poets in Europe Geoff Page (editor), Springwood : Butterfly Books , 1992 Z482133 1992 anthology poetry humour war literature Springwood : Butterfly Books , 1992 pg. 122
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 174
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    y separately published work icon New and Selected Poems Dimitris Tsaloumas , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2000 Z12789 2000 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2000 pg. 87
    Note: Translator's note: The poet's island of Leros was the object in World War II of a daring mass assault by German para-troopers, many of whom were killed as they descended or became entangled in obstructions and were shot (p. 132).
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    y separately published work icon The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 228
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