Nshan Beshiktashlian

Nshan Beshiktashlian (also Peshiktashlian , Armenian Նշան Պէշիկթաշլեան ; * 1898 in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire , † 1972 in Paris ) was an Armenian poet, novelist and satirist.

Nshan Beshiktashlian was born in Istanbul and had to drop out of school early, so he only had an elementary school degree. However, he began working as a writer at the age of 12. His characteristic was his satirical way of writing, but he also wrote normal prose works and poetry. Beshiktashlian often criticized human weaknesses such as showing off and boastfulness. His language was considered flexible and adaptable.

Beshiktashlian wrote for a short time for the Jamanak newspaper and later for the Armenian newspapers in Boston and Beirut (Aztag) . After the fire in Smyrna he had to leave Turkey for Greece and worked as a teacher for Armenian orphans. In the same year he emigrated to France and continued his work in Paris . His special concern was the preservation of the Western Armenian language and literature. He stayed there until his death in 1972.

Some critics put his literary work on the same level as that of Hagop Baronian from Edirne and Yervant Odian .

Works (selection)

• Enker Shahnazar ("Comrade Shahnasar", 1927)
• Sidonna (1928)
• Rappi (1932)
• Yergitzakan (satire, 1933)
• Hivandates ("sister", 1936)
• Tsaghrankarner (satire)

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• Agop Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk: The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times . Ed .: Nourhan Ouzounian. III edition. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI 2005, ISBN 0-8143-2815-6 , pp. 984 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed September 19, 2012]).