Aristides Paradissis

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