Hakob Karapents

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Hakob Karapents

Hakob Karapents (Armenian: Յակոբ Կարապենց), also known as Jack Karapetian,[1] was a prolific Iranian-Armenian author born in 1925 in Tabriz, Iran.

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Hakob Karapents
Յակոբ Կարապենց
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BornAugust 9, 1925
DiedOctober 20, 1994
NationalityIranian-Armenian
Other namesJack Karapetian
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupationauthor
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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)
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Karapents' gravestone at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown, MA

References

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