Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
American writer (1922–2013)
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Marjorie Anaïs Housepian Dobkin (November 21, 1922 – February 8, 2013) was an author and an English professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York. Her books include the novel A Houseful of Love (a New York Times[1] and New York Herald Tribune[2] bestseller) and the history Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City.[3]
November 21, 1922
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| Born | Marjorie Anaïs Housepian November 21, 1922 |
| Died | February 8, 2013 (aged 90) Emerson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Barnard College (BA); Teacher's College (MA) |
| Occupations | Writer, educator |
| Known for | Author of A Houseful of Love and Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City |
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| Children | 3 |
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| Relatives | Edgar Housepian (brother) |
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Biography
Housepian Dobkin was born in 1922 to Dr. Moses Housepian and his wife Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian), Armenian immigrants in New York City, two and a half months after her grandfather was killed by a Turkish soldier during the burning of Smyrna from which her grandmother fled as a refugee. Her younger brother was the neurosurgeon Edgar Housepian. She attended Barnard College, graduating in 1944. She was a professor of literature and writing from 1957 to 1993,[4] as well as associate dean of studies at Barnard from 1976 until 1993. Her students included the novelist Margaret Cezair-Thompson.[5]
Her academic career included: instructor in English at Barnard College (1957–1988), associate dean of studies (1976–1993), professor of English (1988–1993), and 1993–2013: Professor Emerita (1993–2013).
She lived near Barnard at 425 Riverside Drive.[6]
Work
Her books include the novel A Houseful of Love (a New York Times[1] and New York Herald Tribune[2] bestseller) and the history Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City.[3]
He history of Smyrna is considered meticulously researched.[7] It is considered the "standard work on the burning and evacuation of Smyrna".[8] Most scholars consider it conclusive.[9]
Awards and honors
She was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi prize of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Armenia[10] and was also the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Wilson College.[11]
Bibliography
- A Houseful of Love (Random House, 1957)
- The Smyrna Affair (US version, Harcourt Brave Jovanovich, 1971; republished by Newmark Press under the title Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City)
- Smyrna 1922 (UK version, Faber and Faber, 1972)
- "The Unremembered Genocide" (article in Commentary)
- The Making of a Feminist: Early Journals and Letters of M. Carey Thomas (Kent State University Press, 1977)
- "George Horton and Mark L. Bristol: opposing forces in U.S. foreign policy, 1919–1923" (1983)
- Inside Out (written with Jean Cullen, Ivy Books, 1989)
