Zabel Yesayan
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Armenian writer (1878–1943)
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Zabel Yesayan, born Զապել Հովհաննիսեան on February 4, 1878, in Üsküdar, was an Armenian writer, translator, opinion journalist, and novelist. She was educated at the University of Paris and held citizenship in the Ottoman Empire and the Soviet Union. Her residence included Paris and the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. She spoke Armenian and had two children.
Yesayan authored eight works, including *Agony of a People*, *Sürgün Ruhum*, *Meliha Nuri Hanim*, *Yikintilar Arasinda*, and *Gegdz Hancarner*. She died in the South Caucasus.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Agony of a People
- Sürgün Ruhum
- Meliha Nuri Hanim
- Yikintilar Arasinda
- Gegdz Hancarner
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1878-02-04 ) 4 February 1878, Scutari , Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 1943 ( 1944 ) (aged 65), Siberia , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Novelist, poet, writer, and teacher.
- Nationality
- Armenian
- Alma mater
- Sorbonne University
- Spouse
- Dikran Yesayan
- Children
- Sophie Hrant
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Üsküdar
- Place of death
- South Caucasus
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- Armenian
- Image
- Զապէլ Եսայեան.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
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- date of birth
- 1878-02-04
- date of death
- 1941-00-00
- Commons category
- Zabel Yesayan
- birth name
- Զապել Հովհաննիսեան
- ethnic group
- Armenians
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Encyclopedic overview
Zabel Yesayan (Armenian: Զապել Եսայան (reformed), Զապէլ Եսայեան (classical); 4 February 1878 – 1943) was an Armenian writer and a prominent figure in the Armenian academic and political community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Zabel Yesayan's books, articles, and speeches cover a range of topics such as the Adana massacre, Armenian genocide, and commentary on the status of Armenian women. Yesayan also worked as a translator in France as well as a professor during her later years as an academic. Her novels and articles contributed to understanding the persecution of Turkish Armenians, the after effect of World War I, and women's roles and rights in the Ottoman and Armenian communities.
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