William Saroyan Research Paper

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One of the most profound writer in United States and Armenia was William Saroyan, who left more than fifty writings to our generation and more than fifty writings unpublished.He was son of emigrant Armenak Saroyan. He was fourth child in his family and only one who was born in United States of America in 1908. He and his family had poor life, and it was very difficult for him as he was the youngest and breadwinner in his family. William left school at age fifteen and started reading and writing by himself.He starts his first writing in age nine, and most of his writings were based on his own childhood. William was known for such works as “My Name is Aram”, “My Heart’s in Highlands”, “Human Comedy”, and etc.William wrote “Why I Write?” where he talks about his father death and his fear to die.He and his cousin wrote a song “Come on a My Home” which was based on Armenian folk song, and it was a hit which was sang Rosemary Clooney.William’s wife was a famous artist, and they had two children. Daughter becomes an actresslike her mother, and son becomes a writer and poet like his father. Many people don’t know that William Saroyan was a great artist who has his spatial spiritual style like letters.William loved Armenia and United States of America, but his soul was Armenian. He waned to be buried in Armenia where his ancestry were from, and United States …show more content…
Zabel was born in 1902 in Bitlis, Ottoman Empire. After marriage she changed her last name to Papzian. She died in 1979. According to the LetsorLetson, “Cossete Saroyan was born in 1899 in Bitlis. She never married and died in 1990. Henry Saroyan was born in 1905 in Erzrum, Ottoman Empire, and he died in 1987. In many William Saroyan’s writings he mentioned his brother like Krikor, in other writings “my brother Henry”. William Saroyan was the fourth and the youngest child in his family, and he was the only one who was born in

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