Shahan Shahnour
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Shahan Shahnour also known as Armen Lubin (real name Shahnour Kerestejian, August 3, 1903, Istanbul - August 20, 1974, Paris) was a French-Armenian writer and poet. He is considered as a renowned Diasporan author in the Western Armenian tradition with his own style of writing.
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[edit] Biography
Shahnour studied at Istanbul Berberian Armenian school. In 1923 he moved to Paris, 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- Brenner, J. Mon Histoire de la Litterature Franciase Contemporaine. Paris, 1988.
