Harry mark petrakis biography sample

Nationality: American. Born: St. Louis, Missouri, 1923.

Harry mark petrakis biography sample

Education: The University of Illinois, Urbana, 1940-41. Career: Has worked in steelmills, and as a real estate salesman, truck driver, and sales correspondent. Since 1960 freelance writer and lecturer. Taught at the Indiana University Writers Conference, Bloomington, 1964-65, 1970, 1974; McGuffey Visiting Lecturer, Ohio University, Athens, 1971; writer-in-residence, Chicago Public Library, 1976-77, and for the Chicago Board of Education, 1978-80; taught at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1978-79, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1978 and 1980, University of Wisconsin, Rhinelander, 1978-80, and University of Rochester, New York, 1979-80; Nikos Kazantzakis Professor, San Francisco State University, 1992.

Awards:Atlantic Firsts award, 1957; Benjamin Franklin citation, 1957; Friends of American Writers award, 1964; Friends of Literature award, 1964; Carl Sandburg award, 1