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Dean Bakopoulos (born 1975 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan) is an American writer. He is a two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, [1] and writer-in-residence at Grinnell College.
DEAN BAKOPOULOS’ first novel, Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon, was a New York Times Notable Book; he co-wrote and co-produced the film adaptation, which debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick.
About The Author. Dean Bakopoulos’ first novel, Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon, was a New York Times Notable Book; he co-wrote and co-produced the film adaptation, which debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick.
Jul 6, 1975 · Literature & Fiction. edit data. Dean Bakopoulos was born in Dearborn Heights, Michigan on July 6, 1975 to a Ukrainian mother and a Greek father. A child of immigrants, he grew up speaking both Ukrainian and English, was shy to the point of psychosis, and avoided group gatherings and rarely left his mother's side.
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Award-winning writer Dean Bakopoulos delivers a brutally honest and incredibly funny novel about the strange and tenuous ties that bind us, and the strange and unlikely places we find connection. Full of mirth, melancholy, and redemption, Summerlong explores what happens when life goes awry.
Dean Bakopoulos is an Associate Professor of Cinema and Screenwriting Arts. He teaches Topics in Screenwriting and Advanced Screenwriting I. He is the author of the novels Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon, My American Unhappiness, and Summerlong.
Dean Bakopoulos is an American novelist and screenwriter. The son of immigrants from Greece and Ukraine, Bakopoulos grew up in the Detroit area and attended the University of Michigan and later, received an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
