Nigoghos Sarafian

Nigoghos Sarafian (born 1905 Varna, Bulgaria - died 1973 Paris, France), was an Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist.[1]

Class of 1923 Getronagan (Nigoghos Sarafian is in the middle and to the left of the principal)

Biography

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.