- Shahan Shahnour
Shahan Shahnour also known as Armen Lubin (real name "Shahnour Kerestejian",
August 3 ,1903 ,Istanbul -August 20 ,1974 ,Paris ) was a French-Armenia n writer and poet. He is considered as a renowned Diasporan author in theWestern Armenia n tradition with his own style of writing.Biography
Shahnour studied at
Istanbul Berberian Armenian school. In 1923 he moved toParis , where he published "Retreat without Song" novel in "Haratch" newspaper (1929) at first and then as a separate book. Despite of his terrible bone disease (since 1939 he spent his life in a French hospital) he continued to write both in Armenian and in French, and received several literary awards. He died in the "San Rafael" hospital,France .Books
*Lubin, Armen. Feux contre feux. Paris, 1968.
*Lubin, Armen. Les hautes terrasses; poemes, Paris, 1957.
*Shahan Shahnour. Nahanj arants yerki: badgerazart badmutiun Hayots (Retreat without Song: Armenian History Illustrated). Paris, 1929 (in Armenian).
*Shahan Shahnour. The Tailor's Visitors, trans. Mischa Kudian. London, 1984.References
*Brenner, J. Mon Histoire de la Litterature Franciase Contemporaine. Paris, 1988.
Links
* [http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/literatu/shahnour.html Shahan Shahnour, by Shant Norashkharian]
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