Nigoghos Sarafian
Appearance
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Born | 1902 |
Died | 1972 (aged 69–70) |
Occupation(s) | writer, poet, editor, and journalist |
Nigoghos Sarafian (Armenian: Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան, 1902 in Varna, Principality of Bulgaria - 1972 in Paris, France), was an Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist.[1]
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Biography
[edit]Nigoghos Sarafian was born on a boat that was leaving Constantinople on the way to Varna.[1] He received his education in Armenian and French schools in Romania and Bulgaria. During the troublesome period of World War I, Sarafian along with his family fled back to Varna where they would remain until the Armistice of Mudros and move to Istanbul. He attended the prestigious Getronagan Armenian High School. After the promulgation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 he moved to Paris. He wrote prolifically in French and Armenian.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- The Conquest of a Space, Paris, 1928
- 14, Paris, 1933
- Ebb and Flow, Paris, 1939
- The Princess (novel), Paris, 1934, 108 pages
- Citadel (1940–1946), Paris, 1946, 198 pages
- Mediterranean, Beirut, 1971, 39 pages
- The Pain of Light, Paris-Antelias, 2000, 191 pages
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hacikyan, Agop; Gabriel Basmajian; Edward S. Franchuk (2005). Nourhan Ouzounian (ed.). The Heritage of Armenian Literature Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press. pp. 1031–1032. ISBN 0-8143-2815-6. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
Categories:
- Armenian-language writers
- Armenian writers in French
- Bulgarian writers in French
- Writers from the Ottoman Empire in French
- Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
- Writers from Istanbul
- Writers from Varna, Bulgaria
- Bulgarian people of Armenian descent
- 1905 births
- 1973 deaths
- Bulgarian male writers
- Turkish emigrants to France
- French writer stubs