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Papa San of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on December 8, 1913. He was married to Maria Kanabus, and had children Theresa Kanabus, Christine Kanabus, Barbara Kanabus, and Henry Kanabus Jr. Papa San died at age 69 years old in February 1983.

Henry Kanabus is a Post-Modernist Poet. He is the Author of 3 Major and award-winning Poetry Collections: FloodLights, Carapace, and The War Magician. Descendant of the Byzantine Roman Emperor, Nickolas Kanabus (assassinated during the Roman Catholic 4th Crusade on the steps of Hagia Sophia in 1204 A.D.) Henry Kanabus studied with Ed Dorn and Ted Berrigan. The young Poet was significantly influenced by the work of William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, and Charles Olsen of The Black Mountain School of Poetry. Born in post Nazi Germany - in the city of Amberg - in the Bavarian / Bohemian region, Henry emigrated to the United States along with his Parents and 3 sisters. The Kanabus Family lived near Spokane, Washington until Henry was 4 years of age, then moved to Chicago, Illinois. As a child he read and wrote Science Fiction, influenced by the short stories and novels of Alfred Bester. As a teen he spent every Tuesday at the Art Institute of Chicago instead of attending Lane Technical School. Transfixed by the museum's collections of Van Gogh, Picasso, Bacon, Monet, Modigliani, and exhibits of the Dada and Surrealist Painters. His love of Astronomy was gradually occulted by the Fine Arts and Poetry at the age of 15. The Poetry of Henry Kanabus is available at: Carapace: www.henrykanabus.blogspot.com FloodLights: www.heroinpoems.blogspot.com The War Magician: www.warmagian.blogspot.com