Harry Mark Petrakis
Haralampos "Harry" Mark Petrakis (born June 5, 1923 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American writer of Greek origin, who achieved fame in particular through his novel Lion at My Heart .
Life
Born as the son of a Greek Orthodox priest , Haralampos Mark Petrakis grew up in the Greek-influenced suburbs of Chicago and processed his childhood and youth experiences there in his later novels and autobiographical works. After attending school in 1940, he began studying at the University of Illinois , but was de-registered there in 1941 .
He made his writing debut in 1959 with the novel Lion at My Heart , which also became his most successful work and was published in 1961 in German translation under the title Das Herz des Löwen . In the following years he wrote several other novels such as
- The Odyssey of Kostas Volakis (1963)
- A Dream of Kings (1966, German title Matsoukas the Greek , 1968)
- The Hour of the Bell (1976, German title Die stumme Glocke , 1977)
- Nick the Greek (1979)
- Days of Vengeance (1983)
- Ghost of the Sun (1990)
- Twilight of the Ice (2003)
- The Orchards Of Ithaca (2004).
He also wrote two volumes of his memoirs , on the one hand Stelmark: A Family Recollection (1970), on the other hand Tales of the Heart: Dreams and Memories of a Lifetime (1998). In addition to a biography of Motorola founder Paul Galvin entitled The Founder's Touch: The Life of Paul Galvin of Motorola (1991), a collection of his short stories was most recently published under the title Collected Stories (2006).
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| SURNAME | Petrakis, Harry Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petrakis, Haralampos Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer of Greek origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |