Aristides Paradissis (14 July 1923 – 22 December 2005) was an Australian poet and professor.
Biography edit
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 edit
- 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
References edit
- ^ a b c "A. G. Paradissis". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Paradissis, A. G. (Aristides George) (1959), L'Humanisme d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, retrieved 11 April 2023
- ^ Paradissis, A. G. (Aristides George) (1960), Humour and satire in Balzac, retrieved 11 April 2023
- ^ Paradissis, A. G. (Aristides George) (1972), Bondad y Maldad en algunas obras de Benito Pérez Galdós, retrieved 11 April 2023
- ^ Australian Poets and their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996.
- ^ "Certificates of Naturalization". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 34. Australia. 21 July 1955. p. 2196. Retrieved 11 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Button, Doug (9 February 2006). "Aristides George "Ted" Paradissis: A true wordsmith". Herald Sun. p. 86.