Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis wrote lovingly and dramatically about Greek-American life in Chicago, drawing on his own immigrant family heritage. His fiction gave voice to the Greek diaspora in American literature.
Works
- Lion at My HeartStory collection of Greek-American immigrant experiences
- The Odyssey of Kostas VolakisNovel of a Greek immigrant's epic journey and American assimilation
- A Dream of KingsNovel about a dying Greek immigrant man's final wishes
- In the Land of Morning
- Nick the GreekNovel of a legendary Greek gambler's rise and tragic fall