Iskouhi Minas (; 2 October 1884 – 7 September 1951) also known as Iskuhi Minas, and Iskouhi Minasyan, was a French novelist and poet.

Biography

Iskouhi Minas was born on 2 October 1884 in

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(present-day Istanbul, Turkey). She studied at K. Polis and Kertz schools in Italy. Minas married Zhan Minasyan, the editor of the French periodical "Patri", together they had son

Leone Minassian Leone Minassian (1905–1978; ) was an Italian painter and printmaker of Armenian descent. His work is an important representative of European post-war abstract painting. Minassian lived in Venice for more than 40 years. Early life and education ...

. She spoke French, Italian, and Latin languages. Minas wrote only in French and was published by the French press; however many of her books were later translated to Armenian by

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Krikor Zohrab Krikor Zohrab ( hy, Գրիգոր Զոհրապ; 26 June 1861 – 1915) was an influential Armenian writer, politician, and lawyer from Constantinople (now Istanbul). At the onset of the Armenian genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government an ...

, and Zabel Yesayan and published by the Armenian press. The Minas book "Aprel" (1930) depicts the life of writer Krikor Zohrab. Minas died on 7 September 1951 in

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Publications

* "Riding", 1913 * "Inward Hours", 1914 * "Pearls of Venice", 1914 * "Novels and Tales", 1918, Paris * "Night Voices", 1925 * "Antique flowers", 1925 * "The Italian lampshade", 1928. * "Whatever Dies", novel, 1928 * "Live", 1930 * "Proud Tribes", 1933

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