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Brothers from Bitlis: How the bond of genocide made William Saroyan part of my family
Family photo with William Saroyan in 1960 at the Writers Building on Kasyan Street in Yerevan, Armenia. (The childhood home of the author's mother. The Writers Building was an apartment complex reserved only for writers.)Bottom row from left: The author's great-great grandmother Khatunik, great grandmother Yeva, grandmother Emma, William Saroyan, great great Bitlisian grandmother Grap.Top row: Relatives, including the author's gran
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OT, but Saroyan’s cousin was Ross Bagdasarian, who appeared as the pianist in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” – there’s actually a photo of Hitch watering him like a plant – and went on to sing “Witch Doctor” and create Alvin and the Chipmunks. I don’t know whether or not Bagdasarian, being of Armenian descent, ever drew attention to the atrocities committed against the Armenians.
Thank you Ms Partizpanyan for a magical trip down memory lane and for the grainy photographs.
Որպէս խոր հետազօտութեան արդիւնք՝շա՜տ հետաքրքրական ու հիւթալի գրութիւն էք հորինած, օր.Ճեյն: Շնորհաւորութիւններս կը յայտնեմ, անհամբեր սպասելով ձեր գալիք աշխատանքներուն: