Yervant Odian
Yervant Odian ( Armenian Երուանդ Օտեան , reformed Երվանդ Օտյան; born September 19, 1869 in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire , † 1926 in Cairo ) is considered the most influential Armenian satirist. Odian's writings, which include novels and short stories, often humorously highlight human vices.
On April 24, 1915, the so-called “Red Sunday” , which initiated the beginning of the genocide against the Armenians , Yervant Odian was arrested and deported from Istanbul to the Syrian Desert . He could save himself by a translator for German officers in the concentration camp of Der Zor was because he, the French and the Turkish language fluently. After the First World War , in 1918 Odian took over responsibility for searching for and raising the orphans who had survived the deportations to the deserts of Syria in orphanages. He earned his income through his writing. He left Istanbul in 1922 and from then on lived in Bucharest and in various regions of the Middle East .
Odian spent his last days in Cairo, where he died and was buried in 1926.
Works
- Accursed Years. My Exile and Return from Der Zor, 1914-1919 , Garod Books, London 2009.
- Comrade Clueless (Ընկեր Փանջունի), Istanbul, from 1914 (several books).
- Twelve Years Out of Istanbul. 1896-1908 (Տասներկու Տարի Պոլսէն Դուրս. 1896-1908), Istanbul 1922.
Web links
- Zavallin (The Pitiful One). Play (armenian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mesrob Kermanikian: Yervant Odian . In: Ararat . Summer 1961. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Odian, Yervant |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Odyan, Yervant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian writer and satirist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1926 |
| Place of death | Cairo |