Authors and Illustrators Database

Dan Georgakas

Born: 03/01/1938  Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Xenophon and Sophia Georgakas
Address(es):
Permanent:
Box 1151
Union City, NJ 07087
Contact Information:
Phone: 201-617-7247
Fax: 201-617-0203
Email: [email protected]
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
My Detroit : growing up Greek and American in Motor City Michigan Adult New York : Pella PublishingAcademy Chicago Publishers 2006
Cineaste Interviews II
- with Gary Crowdus
Non Fiction Adult Chicago : Lake View Press 2001
The Immigrant Left in the United States
- Co-editor with Paul Buhle
Non Fiction Adult Albany: State University of New York Press 1996
Methuselah Factors:learning from the world's longest living people
- Spanish edition, 1997
Non Fiction Adult Chicago, IL : Academy Chicago Publishers 1995
New Directions in Greek American Studies
- Editor with Charles C. Moskos
Non Fiction Adult New York, N.Y. : Pella Publishing Co 1991
Encyclopedia of the American Left
- (Publication Years: 1990, 1992)
Non Fiction Adult Garland, University of Illinois Press 1990-1992
Image of Solidarity Forever: An Oral History of the IWW Solidarity Forever: An Oral History of the IWW
- With Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer.
History Adult Chicago : Lake View Press 1985
The Cineaste Interviews: on the Art and Politics of the Cinema
- with Lenny Rubenstein
Non Fiction Adult Chicago : Lake View Press 1983
In Focus: a Guide to Using Films
- with Linda Blackaby, and Barbara Margolis ; concept by Affonso Beato
Non Fiction Adult New York Zoetrope 1980
The Methuselah Factors: Strategies for a Long and Vigorous Life Non Fiction Adult New York : Simon and Schuster 1980
Image of Detroit, I Do Mind Dying: a Study in Urban Revolution Detroit, I Do Mind Dying: a Study in Urban Revolution
- With Marvin Surkin. Publication years: 1975, 1998, 2012...
Michigan Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1975-2012
Red Shadows; the History of Native Americans from 1600 to 1900, from the Desert to the Pacific Coast History Adult Garden City, N.Y., Zenith Books 1973
The Broken Hoop; The History of Native Americans from 1600 to 1890, from the Atlantic Coast to the Plains History Adult Garden City, N.Y., Zenith Books 1973
Prison Poetry
- Editor
Poetry Adult New Jersey Council on the Arts 1973
And All Living Things Their Children Fiction Adult San Lorenzo, Calif. : Shameless Hussey Press 1972
Selected Poems
- Co-editor, co-translator
Poetry Adult Quixote Press 1969
Z Anthology of Poetry
- Editor
Poetry Adult New York : Smyrna Press 1969
Ombre Rosse Radio-Television Corp. Non Fiction 1968
Michigan Labor and the Civil War
- Co-authored with Albert A. Blum
Michigan History Adult Lansing, Mich. : Michigan Civil War Centennial Observation Commission 1964
Other writings:
- reviews, interviews, poetry, essays in publications such as In Chicago Tribune, Village Voice, and others. Also, Essays on Budd Schulberg, the Industrial Workers of the World, and Labor on Film in various anthologies.
Non Fiction Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Historian

Awards:

Name Date
Excellence in teaching award, New York University 1998
Excellance in teaching award: Queens College 1997
Axion Award, Hellenic Cultural Association 1996
Annual Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Empire State College of State University of New York 1986
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
- Award received for following years: 1983, 1985
1983-1985
Fulbright Research Grant 1963

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 1980
Directory of American Poets 1975
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 45-48 (1974) Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 1, 22 , 45 (1995)
1974-1995
Michigan Poets 1964
International Who's Who in Poetry

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1961
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1960

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Empire State College of State University of New York Saratoga Springs 1978
Teacher LaGuardia Community College Long Island City 1973-1978
Teacher New Jersey Council on the Arts Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1972-1978
Overseas School of Rome RomeItaly 1965
Executive director Smyrna Press Smyrna 1964
Teacher Detroit Public Schools Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1960-1964
Guest lecturer University of Michigan, University of Rome.
- Served on different editorial boards
- Various script work.

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