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Nigoghos Sarafian ( hy, Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան, 1902 in 
Varna
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, Principality of Bulgaria
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After the Russo-Turkish War ende ...
- 1972 in Paris
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, France
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), was an Armenian
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writer, poet, editor, and journalist.
Biography
Nigoghos Sarafian was born on a boat that was leavingConstantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
on the way to Varna
Varna may refer to:
Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
. 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
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. He attended the prestigious Getronagan Armenian High School
Getronagan is an Armenian minority high school in the Karaköy district of Istanbul, Turkey, The school is attached to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church.
Establishment
With the sponsorship of Archbishop Nerses Varjabetyan, Getronagan H ...
. After the promulgation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 he moved to Paris
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. 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 pagesReferences
Armenian-language writers European writers 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 {{France-writer-stub