Condolences, Max, & to all the others here who knew him…
Doug
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I knew Dimitris, formidable person and poet, in Melbourne latterly.
> Now I hear from there, from Professor John Barnes:
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> 'Dimitris died on Leros a few days ago.
> It seems incredible to think that I was his tutor in first year English at Melbourne in 1953, the year that I started teaching.
> I shall always be glad that he took the trouble to get in touch about 25 years later, and so gave me the chance to know him a little.
> My head is full of memories right now.’
>
> Mine too of an intense dedicated poet and Greek and Australian.
> Max
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