Dmetri Kakmi
About
Dmetri Kakmi is a Turkish-born, ethnic Greek, Australian essayist, reviewer, speaker, broadcaster, editor and author. He was born on the island of Tenedos to Greek parents. The family migrated to Australia in 1971 when Kakmi was 10 years old. He did not return to Tenedos until 1999. His memoir of growing up on the island, titled Mother Land, has been published to widespread acclaim in Australia, England and Turkey. Kakmi also compiled and edited the children's anthology When We Were Young, and received the Peter Blazey Fellowship in 2008.
