Hakob Karapents (Armenian: Յակոբ Կարապենց), also known as Jack Karapetian,[1] was a prolific Iranian-Armenian author born in 1925 in Tabriz, Iran.
Hakob Karapents | |
|---|---|
| Յակոբ Կարապենց | |
 | |
| Born | August 9, 1925 |
| Died | October 20, 1994 |
| Nationality | Iranian-Armenian |
| Other names | Jack Karapetian |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | author |
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
editNovels
- 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
edit- ^ "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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