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He was born in St. Louis in , the fifth of six children, where his father, a Greek orthodox priest was serving.

Harry Mark Petrakis, one of Chicago's great literary figures, died, unofficially of old age, last Tuesday, Feb. 2, near his longtime home in Chestertown.

Harry Mark Petrakis, American novelist and short-story writer whose exuberant and sensitive works deal with the lives of Greek immigrants in urban America.

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Starting with his first story publication in , Petrakis explored the inner lives of people crowded into small apartments above storefronts, the backs of.

Harry Mark Petrakis, American novelist and short-story writer whose exuberant and sensitive works deal with the lives of Greek immigrants in urban America..

Harry Mark Petrakis

American writer (1923–2021)

Harry Mark Petrakis (peh-TRAY-kiss; June 5, 1923 – February 2, 2021) was an American novelist and writer of short stories.

He was best known for depicting the life of Greek-American immigrants in the Greektown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He died at his home near Chesterton, Indiana, in February 2021, at the age of 97.^[1]

Early life

Petrakis was born in June 1923, the son of the Reverend Mark Petrakis, a Greek Orthodox priest who immigrated to the United States with his wife Stella in 1916.^[2] They were villagers from central Crete, the village Vilandredon,^[3] near the city of Rethymnon, who came bringing their first four children (Dan, Barbara, Manuel, and Tasula).

Harry Mark, the fifth child, was born on June 5, 1923, in St. Louis, Missouri.^[4] A sixth child, Irene, was later born in Chicago, where the family settled.

Harry Mark (Greek name, "Haralambos") attended Koraes Sch