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William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, to Armenian immigrant parents from Turkish (Western) Armenia.The Armenian community in Fresno—already significant by the 1910s—grew larger by the influx of genocide survivors and Saroyan grew up in an Armenian environment. [3]
William Saroyan [2] (/ s ə ˈ r ɔɪ ə n /; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer.He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy.
First edition (publ. Harcourt Brace) Illustrated by Don Freeman. My Name is Aram is a 1940 short story collection by American author William Saroyan.The stories detail the exploits of Aram Garoghlanian, a boy of Armenian descent growing up in Fresno, California, and the various members of his large family.
Yeghishe Charents (Armenian: Եղիշե Չարենց, romanized: Yeghishe Ch’arents’; March 13[25], 1897 – November 27, 1937) was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents' literary subject matter ranged from his experiences in the First World War , the Russian Revolution , and frequently Armenia and Armenians. [ 1 ]
The Time of Your Life has been revived three times on Broadway: in 1940 with Dowling and Saroyan directing again, in 1969 directed by John Hirsch and in 1975 directed by Jack O'Brien. The play was revived on March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles where Henry Fonda , Richard Dreyfuss , Ron Thompson , Gloria Grahame ...
The famed Armenian-American writer William Saroyan wrote a short story titled Antranik of Armenia, which was included in his collection of short stories Inhale and Exhale (1936). [165] Another US-based Armenian writer Hamastegh's novel The White Horseman (Սպիտակ Ձիավորը, 1952) was based on Andranik and other fedayi.
Guerrero’s family announced his death in a series of Instagram Stories posts on Sunday, Feb. 23. "Our family would like to thank everyone for all the love and support during this hard time ...
According to Paruyr Sevak, "Modern Armenian poetry has risen on the ridge of Shiraz". [4] "Shiraz is a great talent, we should be proud and consider as a great honor that we personally know him", wrote William Saroyan. Shiraz built his poems with Armenian "tuff of emotions", added Yevgeny Yevtushenko. [14]