Helen Z. Papanikolas

Helen Z. Papanikolas
Born(1917-06-29)June 29, 1917
Cameron, Utah, U.S.
DiedOctober 31, 2004(2004-10-31) (aged 87)
Alma materUniversity of Utah (BA)
OccupationsNovelist and folklorist
Known forDocumenting Greek-American and immigrant life in Utah and the American West
Notable work
  • Toil and Rage in a New Land: The Greek Immigrants of Utah
  • The Peoples of Utah
  • The Time of the Little Black Bird
Board member ofFounder and first president of The Peoples of Utah Institute; Advisory Board, Utah Historical Quarterly; Board of State History; Utah Endowment for the Humanities State Committee
SpouseNick E. Papanikolas
Children2 (Zeese and Thalia)
AwardsUtah Fiction Prize
2000 The Time of the Little Black Bird

Helen Zeese Papanikolas (June 29, 1917 – October 31, 2004) was a Greek-American ethnic historian, novelist and folklorist who documented the immigrant experience in Utah and the American West through histories, memoirs, fiction, and poetry. Her ethnographic themes drew upon her experience as a Greek-American in a small western community.

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