William Saroyan

Background

Ethnicity: Saroyan was born in 1908 in Fresno, California, to a poor family of Armenian immigrants.

Saroyan, William was born on August 31, 1908 in Fresno. Son of Armenak and Takoohi (Saroyan) S. (of Bitlis, Armenia).

Education

Educated public schools, Fresno, California.

Career

He started as a postman and no one of his relatives couldn't imagine that there will be a day, when this name will be mentioned among the American writers such as Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, and Caldwell.

Works

• book

  • The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze

  • Inhale and Exhale

  • My Name is Aram

  • Here Comes, There Goes You Know Who

  • Not Dying
  • Days of Life and Death and Escape to the Moon
  • Places Where I've Done Time

• novel

  • The Human Comedy
  • Rock Wagram
  • The Laughing Matter

Connections

Married Carol Marcus, February 1943 (divorced November 1949). Children: Aram, Lucy.

Mother:

Takoohi

Wife:

Carol Marcus

Daughter:

Lucy Saroyan

Son:

Aram