Stratis haviaras biography

Greek-American writer (1935–2020)

Stratis Haviaras (June 28, 1935 – March 3, 2020)^[1] was a bilingual writer of literary works in English and Greek,^[2][3] known in the U.S.

for his novels When the Tree Sings^[4] (shortlisted for the Natiοnal Book Award and named an ALA Notable book),^[5][6] and The Heroic Age.^[7] Both were critically acclaimed in the American press,^[8][9] and were translated into many languages.

He also founded and edited the literary journals Arion’s Dolphin, Erato and Harvard Review.^[10]

Early life and education

Haviaras’s parents were refugees from Asia Minor who settled in Nea Kios (Argos) when it was founded in 1927.

As a child he experienced the horrors of World War II. When he was 9, the Nazis executed his father, Christos, for his participation in the resistance, while his mother, Georgia Hatzikyriakos, was sent to a co