Nigoghos Sarafian (, 1902 in Varna, Principality of Bulgaria - 1972 in Paris, France), was an Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist.
Biography
Nigoghos Sarafian was born on a boat that was leaving Constantinople on the way to Varna. He received his education in Armenian and French schools in Romania and Bulgaria. During the troublesome period of World War I, Sarafian along with his family fled back to Varna where they would remain until the Armistice of Mudros and move to Istanbul. He attended the prestigious Getronagan Armenian High School. After the promulgation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 he moved to Paris. He wrote prolifically in French and Armenian.
Bibliography
The Conquest of a Space, Paris, 1928
14, Paris, 1933
Ebb and Flow, Paris, 1939
The Princess (novel), Paris, 1934, 108 pages
Citadel (1940–1946), Paris, 1946, 198 pages
Mediterranean, Beirut, 1971, 39 pages
The Pain of Light, Paris-Antelias, 2000, 191 pages
References
Armenian-language writers
Armenian writers in French
Bulgarian writers in French
Writers from the Ottoman Empire in French
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
Writers from Istanbul
Writers from Varna, Bulgaria
Bulgarian people of Armenian descent
1905 births
1973 deaths
Bulgarian male writers
Turkish emigrants to France
