Aram Andonian

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Andonian (left with hat in hand) and Boghos Nubar at Andranik's wedding . (1922 in Paris)

Aram Andonian ( Armenian Արամ Անտոնեան , * 1875 in Istanbul , † December 23, 1951 in Paris ) was an Armenian writer, historian and journalist. He was a contemporary witness of the Balkan wars and the genocide of the Armenians .

Life

Aram Andonian was born in Istanbul in 1875. He received his education in his hometown. He became a novelist and journalist. He experienced the genocide first-hand from 1915 and described his experiences in the literary collection On those black days . He published the texts of Ottoman telegrams containing encrypted commands for carrying out the deportation and the 1915 genocide. He has edited a number of literary and satirical magazines (Tsaghik, Luys (1907-08 weekly), Kaghapnat, Harazan) and the daily Surhandak. From 1928 to 1951 he was director of the Bibliothèque Nubar in Paris . He was also the author of textbooks. Aram Andonian died in Paris in 1951.

The work Ayn Sev orerun was praised as a literary critic by Hagob Oshagan .

Genocide Experience

The first arrest of Aram Andonian by the Ottoman police happened in early 1915 after Andonian announced the murder of Vartabeds Sahak, who had been designated bishop of Erzincan , by gangs at Sivas to the patriarch; Vartabed Sahak was the first victim in 1915.

On “Red Sunday” , April 24, 1915, the beginning of the genocide, Andonian was arrested along with over 200 other Armenian intellectuals and deported to Çankırı . He returned to Ankara and was again deported to the Raʾs al-ʿAin concentration camp. From there he escaped to Aleppo and survived.

Works (selection)

  • Dschmardutiune, vipag , 1909 Istanbul (prose)
  • Kawe artsanner , 1910 Istanbul (satire)
  • Harutiun Shahrikean , 1910 Istanbul
  • Shirvanzadeh (Շիրվանզադէ. Կենսագրական Նօթեր…), 1911 Istanbul (A biography of the writer Shirvanzadeh)
  • Kantsaran , 1912 Constantinople (reading book for schools) ↔ 1920 Pamukciyan
  • History of the Balkan Wars (Պատկերազարդ Ընդարձակ Պատմութիւն Պալքանեան Պատերազմին), 1912 Istanbul
  • On those black days , 1919 Boston
  • Մեծ Ոճիրը (The Great Crime), Hayrenik, Boston 1921
  • Documents sur les massacres arméniens , Paris 1920
  • The Memoirs of Naim Bey : Turkish Official Documents Relating to the Deportation and the Massacres of Armenians, compiled by Aram Andonian , ca.1920 London, Hodder and Stoughton

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  1. ↑ Ternon p. 25
  2. ^ The Armenian Genocide: Cultural and Ethical Legacies , by Richard G. Hovannisian, Transaction Publishers, 2007, p. 55.
  3. ↑ At the crossroads of Der Zor , by Hilmar Kaiser, Nancy Eskijian, Luther Eskijian - 2002 - p. 93
personal data
SURNAME Andonian, Aram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antonean, Aram; Արամ Անտոնեան (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian journalist, author and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1951
Place of death Paris