Hakob Karapents | |
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| Յակոբ Կարապենց | |
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| Born | August 9, 1925 |
| Died | October 20, 1994 |
| Nationality | Iranian-Armenian |
| Other names | Jack Karapetian |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | author |
Hakob Karapents (Armenian: Յակոբ Կարապենց), also known as Jack Karapetian,[1] was a prolific Iranian-Armenian author born in 1925 in Tabriz, Iran.
He settled in the United States in 1947. He wrote numerous novels and short stories in both Armenian and English. He died in 1994 in Watertown, Massachusetts.[2]
Selected writings
Novels
- Կարթագենի դուստրը (The Daughter of Carthago, Beirut, 1972)
- Ադամի գիրքը (The Book of Adam, New York, 1983)
Short Story Collections
- Անծանօթ հոգիներ (Unknown Souls, Beirut, 1970)
- Նոր աշխարհի հին սերմնացանները (The Old Sowers of the New World, Beirut, 1975)
- Միջնարար (Intermezzo, New York, 1981)
- Ամերիկեան շուրջպար (American Circle Dance, New York, 1986)
- Անկատար (Imperfect, New York, 1987)
- Մի մարդ ու մի երկիր եւ այլ պատմուածքներ (A Man and A Country and Other Stories, Watertown, Ma., 1994)
- Return and Tiger and Other Short Stories, Tatul Sonentz-Papazian, tr. (Watertown, Ma., 1995)
Essays
- Երկու աշխարհ (Watertown, Ma., 1992)
- Մտորումներ (Arlington, Ma., 2009)
References
- ^ "Obituary: Jack Karapetian". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1994. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ "Hakob Karapents (1925-1994)". Armenian Cultural Foundation. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- "هاکوپ کاراپنتس(1925 1994م)". فصلنامه فرهنگی پیمان. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- "ՀԱԿՈԲ ԿԱՐԱՊԵՆՑ". Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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