Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Tsaloumas a Girka a tsibirin Leros, ɗaya daga cikin tsibirin Dodecanese, wanda ke ƙarƙashin mulkin Italiya (daga 1912 zuwa 1947). Sakamakon haka, iliminsa na yau da kullun ya kasance a cikin Italiyanci. Makarantarsa ta gaba ta kasance a Rhodes, inda ya kuma yi karatun violin. Ya zama mai shekaru a lokacin Italiyanci
da kuma mamayar Jamus na Girka, kuma ya shiga cikin juriya, yana aiki a matsayin mai aikawa. A Girka, kafin ya yi ƙaura zuwa Ostiraliya, ya buga tarin waƙoƙi guda biyu, ɗaya daga cikinsu an buga shi tare da taimakon marubucin Ingilishi Lawrence Durrell, wanda ya haɗu da Tsaloumas a Rhodes kuma aikinsa ya burge shi.