Wahan Malesjan

Wahan Malesjan ( Armenian Վահան Մալեզեան ; born September 21 ^{. Jul} / 3. October 1871 ^greg. In Sulina , Romania , † 1966 in Nice ) was an Armenian poet and writer .

Life

After Malesjan's birth, the family moved to Constantinople , where Malesjan attended Hagop Gurgen's private school. He then studied law with a degree in 1895. In 1890 his first collection of poems appeared and in 1892 a narrative. In 1896 he was arrested in Mersin for revolutionary activities and was imprisoned for a year.

In 1898 Malesjan settled in Cairo . There he founded with others the constitutional-democratic party Sahmanadrakan Ramkavar , which later merged with other parties to form the Democratic-Liberal Party . In the Armenian General Charitable Union founded in Cairo in 1906 , he held administrative offices. He wrote numerous poetry and prose texts . In 1923 he moved to Brussels and in 1927 to France , where he lived in Paris and Marseille . After the Second World War he lived in New York . In 1948 he finally settled in Nice . His collected works were published in 1950 and 1955. He also translated works by Victor Hugo , Henri Barbusse and Maurice Maeterlinck in particular . A volume on his life and works was published on his 85th birthday.

Individual evidence

↑ Information on Wahan Malesjan in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on April 27, 2017.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Agop Jack Hacikyan: The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times . Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2005, ISBN 0-8143-3221-8 , pp. 669-670 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Kevork B. Bardakjian: A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History . Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2000, ISBN 0-8143-2747-8 , pp. 406-407 .

personal data
SURNAME	Malesjan, Wahan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Մալեզեան, Վահան (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Armenian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sulina
DATE OF DEATH	1966
Place of death	Nice

[1] Information on Wahan Malesjan in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on April 27, 2017.

[hac1-2] Agop Jack Hacikyan: The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times . Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2005, ISBN 0-8143-3221-8 , pp. 669-670 .

[bar2-3] Kevork B. Bardakjian: A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920: With an Introductory History . Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2000, ISBN 0-8143-2747-8 , pp. 406-407 .