John Berger was one of the most influential art critics of our time. He was also an artist, poet, and novelist. In 1972, he published his best-seller Ways of Seeing and won the prestigious Booker Prize for the novel G.
The Greek Community of Melbourne, in collaboration with the Greek Australian Cultural League are holding a Dimitris Tsaloumas memorial lecture titled "Salvaging Cypriot Greek Migrant Heritage and Memories Through the Poetry of Zeny Giles and Peter Lyssiotis" at the Mezzanine Level of The Greek Centre.
His journey on the Patris in 1965 was the beginning of a lifelong connection with Greece, but also with the Greek Australian community through his strong friendship with late poet Dimitris Tsaloumas