Location: Kelvin Club, Melbourne Place
Date: 26th of September 2013, 7:00pm
Presenter: Mr. Dean Kalimniou
Entry: Free
This presentation establishes the commonalities between the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides in the region of Anatolia in the early twentieth century.
It explores the reasons why the Genocide occurred, how it was carried out and how the campaign for recognition of the sufferings of its victims is far from over.
Biography
Dean Kalimniou is the director of Toorak Law, a law firm specializing in corporate insolvency.
He is also a well known poet and short story writer within the Greek community. He has published four poetry collections Kipos Esokleistos ("Garden Enclosed") (2003), Alexipyrina ("Flameproof") (2004), Apteros Niki ("Wingless Victory") (2008), Anisixasmos (2010) and Plektani, which will be launched at the GOCMV in May. His weekly column Diatribe in Neos Kosmos is also widely read.
Dean Kalimniou has free-lanced for various Australian and Greek journals such as Etchings and Ardin and has also translated various works of prominent Greek-Australian authors from Greek into English, as well as working on the scripts of Greek-Australian short film director Peter Stephanides.
Lecture: Dealing with Destruction: The Anatolian Genocide
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