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William Saroyan ( /səˈrɔɪ.ən/; Armenian: Ուիլյամ Սարոեան Vilyam Saroyan; 31 August 1908 – 18 May 1981) was an Armenian American dramatist and author. The setting of many of his stories and plays is the center of Armenian-American life in California in his native Fresno.
Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, to Armenian immigrants who came to the United States from Bitlis, which was located in the Ottoman Empire. At the age of three, after his father's death, Saroyan, along with his brother and sister, was placed in an orphanage in Oakland, California. He later went on to describe his experience in the orphanage in his writings. Five years later, the family reunited in Fresno, where his mother, Takoohi, had already secured work at a cannery. He continued his education on his own, supporting himself with jobs, such as working as an office manager for the San Francisco Telegraph Company.
Saroyan decided to become a writer after his mother showed him some of his father's writings. A few of his early short articles were published in Overland Monthly. His first stories appeared in the 1930s. Among these was "The Broken Wheel", written under the name Sirak Goryan and published in the Armenian journal Hairenik in 1933. Many of Saroyan's stories were based on his childhood experiences among the Armenian-American fruit growers of the San Joaquin Valley or dealt with the rootlessness of the immigrant. The short story collection My Name is Aram (1940), an international bestseller, was about a young boy and the colorful characters of his immigrant family. It has been translated into many languages.
William Saroyan
William Saroyan
William Saroyan - Վիլյամ Սարոյան - Իմ անունը Արամ է ( Գեղեցիկ Սպիտակ Ձիու Ամառը )
William Saroyan Himself
DOCUMENTARY: William Saroyan: A Personal Experience
Saroyan Documentary Film Trailer
1948 - The Time of Your Life - JAMES CAGNEY - H.C. Potter | William Saroyan - FULL MOVIE
William Saroyan & Ross Baghdasaryan - Come on-a my house
William Saroyan - Im Sirt@ Lernerum e. Վիլյամ Սարոյան - Իմ Սիրտը Լեռներում է
William Saroyan narrated by Ara Guler
William Saroyan in Armenia 1
William Saroyan in Armenia 2
The Time of your Life
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse By William Saroyan