Michael Katakis

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Michael Katakis


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Katakis was born in Chicago in 1952. His father emigrated from Greece to the United States shortly after World War II. His mother was the daughter of Greek immigrants.
Writer and photographer Michael Katakis has been writing about and photographing a wide range of cultures and geographic locations for the past thirty five years. He has traveled extensively throughout the People’s Republic of China, West Africa, Cuba, Hungary, Morocco, Turkey, the United States, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Italy, Greece, England, France and Spain to name a few.

Michael’s books include Photographs and Words’ with Kris Hardin (British Library 2011).

His other books include; Traveller: Observations From an American in Exile (Scribner, New York 2009), The Viet
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A Thousand Shards of Glass

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Dangerous Men

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Sacred Trusts: Essays on St...

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Excavating Voices: Listenin...

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Photographs and Words

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“Аз самият съм син на имигрант и отлично разбирам какво представлява неофициалният договор между един имигрант и държавата. Просто казано, имигрантът се съгласява на асимилация, приема да се подчинява на законите на страната и да уважава, дори и ако не харесва, културата ѝ. Задължението на държавата е да му предостави работа и възможности, да поддържа ред, при който имигрантите могат да се развиват и дори да преуспеят.”
Michael Katakis, Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile

“Магазинът е малък и навсякъде са натрупани книги на купчини. Точно така трябва да изглежда всяка книжарница. Подозирам, че тук има клиенти, затрупани от книжна лавина, премазани от нея и никога след това неоткрити.”
Michael Katakis, Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile

“Известно време просто гледах великолепния, весел старец, докато ми говореше. Разбрах, че се е издигнал над каквато и да е политика или ембарго, над Фидел и Америка, над хаотичния живот, който редица от нас водят. Ето, той стоеше пред мен и живееше за мига. Предполагам, винаги е живял така.”
Michael Katakis, Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile



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