Vasso Kalamaras (Βάσω Καλαμαράς)

Vasso Kalamaraswas born in Athens and arrived in Western Australia in 1950 where she still lives, with frequent visits back to Greece. She holds degrees from various tertiary institutions in Perth and she taught Greek language for 20 years. Her publications include poetry (Twenty-two poems, Landscape and Soul, and Genesis: 33 poems), prose (Other Earth, Bitterness, The Same Light), and plays (The Bread Trap, Karagiozis Down-Under, Olympias). Her prose has been highly anthologised in Australia and abroad and her plays have been performed in mainstream theatres.