Karanikas, Alexander

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Alexander Karanikas, Harvard Class of 1939, served as a staff sergeant in the Army Air Forces, where he was stationed at Ladd Field, Alaska from 1943-1945. A Greek-American author, Karanikas has written several books and poems including Tillers of a myth, Hellenes and hellions, and Stepping stones. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

From the description of Letters, 1943-2006. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 242954249

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referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Karanikas, Alexander, 1916-. Letters, 1946, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Karanikas, Alexander. Letters, 1943-2006. Dartmouth College Library
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associatedWith Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962. person
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Birth 1916-09-23

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