Shahan Shahnour also known as Armen Lubin (real name Shahnour Kerestejian, August 3, 1903, Istanbul - August 20, 1974, Paris) was a French-Armenian writer and poet. He is considered as a renowned Diasporan author in the Western Armenian tradition with his own style of writing.

Biography

Shahnour studied at Istanbul Berberian Armenian school. In 1923 he moved to Paris, where he published "Retreat without Song" novel in Haratch newspaper (1929) at first and then as a separate book. Despite of his terrible bone disease (since 1939 he spent his life in a French hospital) he continued to write both in Armenian and in French, and received several literary awards. He died in the San Rafael hospital, France.

Books

• Lubin, Armen. Feux contre feux. Paris, 1968.
• Lubin, Armen. Les hautes terrasses; poemes, Paris, 1957.
• Shahan Shahnour. Nahanj arants yerki: badgerazart badmutiun Hayots (Retreat without Song: Armenian History Illustrated). Paris, 1929 (in Armenian).
• Shahan Shahnour. The Tailor's Visitors, trans. Mischa Kudian. London, 1984.

References

• Brenner, J. Mon Histoire de la Litterature Franciase Contemporaine. Paris, 1988.

Links

• Shahan Shahnour, by Shant Norashkharian