  dean kalimniou (also known as konstantinos kalymnios) () is an australian lawyer, writer of greek descent. ==early life and education== dean kalimniou was born in melbourne, australia in 1977. he studied law and arts, majoring in modern greek studies. ==career== as spokesperson for the panepirotic federation of australia, he has consistently raised awareness of the plight of the northern epirot greek minority in southern albania, traveling to albania on many occasions to research the plight of the northern epirots. as a journalist, dean kalimniou is popular within the greek community of australia through his column in the melbourne greek newspaper neos kosmos (new world),martin daly (28 august 2004) greeks spitting chips. smh.com.au entitled diatribe, which has been running since 2001, and as a regular columnist in opa! magazine. dean kalimniou is also a well-known poet and short story writer within the greek community. he has published six poetry collections kipos esokleistos Îá¿ÏÎ¿Ï á¼ÏÏÎºÎ»ÎµÎ¹ÏÏÎ¿Ï ("garden enclosed") (2003), alexipyrina á¼Î»ÎµÎ¾Î¹ÏÏÏÎ¹Î½Î± ("flameproof") (2004), apteros niki á¼ÏÏÎµÏÎ¿Ï ÎÎ¯ÎºÎ· ("wingless victory") (2008), anisixasmos á¼Î½Î·ÏÏÏÎ±ÏÎ¼ÏÏ (2010), "plektani" Î Î»ÎµÎºÏÎ¬Î½Î·(2012) and "kelyfospastis" ÎÎµÎ»ÏÏÎ¿ÏÏÎ¬ÏÏÎ·Ï (2013). his essays have appeared in such publications as etchings and ÎÎ¹Î¿Î»Î¹ÎºÎ¬ ÎÏÎ¬Î¼Î¼Î±ÏÎ±. dean kalimniou has also translated the following works of prominent greek-australian authors from greek into english: * faye mangos "a cry of the heart" (2004) * nikos vournazos: "dancing solo" (2005) * dionysia mousoura-tsoukala: "words and memories in melbourne" (2007) * vakina panagiotidou: "the triumph of tragedy" (2008) * thanassis papastergiou: "the north winds arrived early" (2010) and "poems through the looking glass" (2010) in november 2007, dean kalimniou was awarded a government of victoria award for excellence in multicultural affairs by the governor of victoria, professor de kretzer.coalition government infrastructure strategy supported by infrastructure australia. premier.vic.gov.au, 4 july 2011. in 2009, dean kalimniou wrote the script of the peter stephanidis short film: the message. == references ==  ==external links== *diatribe blog by dean kalimniou *http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/a105039?maintabtemplate=agentworksby {{persondata | name =kalimniou, dean | alternative names = | short description = australian writer | date of birth = 1977 | place of birth = | date
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