Agop Jack Hacikyan

Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015)[1] was a Canadian university Emeritus Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer.[2][3] He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1931.[4] He is the author of over 30 books on literature and linguistics, and eight novels, including A Summer Without Dawn, an international bestseller. He is known as the co-author of one of the most comprehensive anthologies of Armenian literature, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times (Wayne State University Press, 2005).[5]

Hacikyan was born in Istanbul to Armenian parents. After completing the first year of his engineering degree, Hacikyan left Turkey to study literature. He received his PhD in Montreal[6] and has lived in Quebec since 1957.[7]

Novels

References

  1. ↑ "Author Agop Hacikyan Dies". Armenian Mirror-Spectator. 16 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Agop Hacikyan Obituary - Montreal, QC - The Gazette". The Gazette.
  3. ↑ Interlink Publishing Spring / Summer 2011 Catalog (PDF). Interlink Publishing. 2011. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13.
  4. ↑ "The international authors and writers who's who". google.ca.
  5. ↑ Armenian American Cultural Association and the Armenian Embassy Introduce Author Agop Hacikyan to the Metropolitan Washington Area Community Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Agop J. Hacikyan: 'I don't feel I am translating my culture into English'". Cafebabel.
  7. ↑ http://www.mrifce.gouv.qc.ca/portail/_scripts/actualites/viewnew.asp?NewID=7165&strIdSite=lon&lang=en[]

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