Agop Jack Hacikyan
Armenian Canadian literary scholar, historian and writer
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Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015)[1] was an Armenian Canadian literary scholar, historian and writer.[2][3] He served as Professor of Literary Studies and Dean of Studies at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean.[2] He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1931.[4] He is the author of over 30 books on literature and linguistics, and eight novels, including A Summer Without Dawn, an international bestseller. He is known as the co-author of one of the most comprehensive anthologies of Armenian literature, The Heritage of Armenian Literature (3 vols., Wayne State University Press, 2000–2005).[5]
Hacikyan was born in Istanbul to Armenian parents. After completing the first year of his engineering degree, Hacikyan left Turkey to study literature. He received his PhD in Montreal[6] and lived in Quebec since 1957.[7]
Novels
- The Young Man in the Grey Suit (2013)
- My Ethnic Quest (2012)
- The Lamppost Diary (2009)
- Les rives du destin (2005)
- A Summer Without Dawn (2000)
- Un été sans aube (1991)
- The Battle of the Prophets (1981)
- Tomas (1970)
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