1. William Saroyan - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia At the age of four, William Saroyan was placed in the Fred Finch Orphanage in Oakland, California, together with his brother and sister, an experience he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan

William Saroyan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search William Saroyan William Saroyan, 1940 Born August 31 Fresno, California Died May 18 Fresno, California Occupation novelist, playwright, short story writer, Nationality Armenian-American Writing period Debut works "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" William Saroyan Armenian IPA [/wiljɑm sɑɾojan/] )(org.ARAM KARAOGLANYAN) ( August 31 Fresno, California May 18 Fresno, California ) was an American author . The setting of many of his stories and plays was Fresno, California (sometimes under a fictional name), the center of Armenian-American life in California and where he grew up. When The Literary Digest inquired about the pronunciation of his name, he replied "In Armenian it is sor-row'yan , accent on yan . In America, it is mispronounced with the accent on 'roy.'" Contents Life "The Armenian and the Armenian" Assessment Quotations ... edit Life Saroyan was the son of Armenian immigrants.The Family is from Bitlis - Anatolia. His father, a small vineyard owner who had been educated as a Presbyterian minister, was eventually forced to take farm-laboring work. He moved to New Jersey in 1905 and died in 1911. At the age of four, William Saroyan was placed in the Fred Finch Orphanage in Oakland, California, together with his brother and sister, an experience he later described in his writing. Five years later, the family reunited in Fresno, where his mother, Takoohi, had obtained work in a cannery.

2. William Saroyan William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, as the son of an Armenian immigrant. His father moved to New Jersey in 1905 he was a small vineyard owner, http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/saroyan.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne William Saroyan (1908-1981) American author whose stories celebrated optimism in the middle of trials and difficulties of the Depression-era. Several of Saroyan's works were drawn from his own experiences, although his approach to autobiographical facts can be called poetic. His advice to a young writer was: "Try to learn to breathe deeply; really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell." Saroyan worked tirelessly to perfect a prose style, that was full of zest of for life and was seemingly impressionistic. The style became known as 'Saroyanesque.' William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, as the son of an Armenian immigrant. His father moved to New Jersey in 1905 - he was a small vineyard owner, who had been educated as a Presbyterian minister. In the new country he was forced to take farm-labouring work. He died in 1911 from peritonitis, after drinking a forbidden glass of water given by his wife, Takoohi. Saroyan was put in an orphanage in Alameda with his brothers. Six years later the family reunited in Fresno, where Takoohi had obtained work in a cannery. In 1921 Saroyan attended the Technical School in order to learn to type. At the age of fifteen, Saroyan left the school. His mother had showed him some of his fathers writings, and he decided to become a writer. Saroyan continued his education by reading and writing on his own, and supporting himself by odd jobs. At the San Francisco Telegraph Company he worked as an office manager. A few of his early short articles were published in

3. William Saroyan - Armeniapedia.org William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=William_Saroyan

4. William Saroyan - Wikiquote William Saroyan (31 August 1908 18 May 1981) was an Armenian American author, famous for his novel The Human Comedy (1943), and other works dealing with http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Saroyan

William Saroyan From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search In order to write all a man needs is paper and a pencil. Furthermore, when a thing has been written, it is written forever. When it is printed, nothing can stop it from being printed again and again if the thing wants to be printed again and again. I must therefore be a writer. William Saroyan 31 August 18 May ) was an Armenian American author, famous for his novel The Human Comedy (1943), and other works dealing with the comedies and tragedies of everyday existence. Contents Sourced The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934) A Cold Day Seventy Thousand Assyrians (1934) ... edit Sourced Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play. All things lie dark in possibility. "Baby" (1936) Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play. Three Times Three All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy. Three Times Three I was a little afraid of him; not the boy himself, but of what he seemed to be: the victim of the world.

5. William Saroyan --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on William Saroyan US writer who made his initial impact during the Depression with a deluge of brash, original, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065798/William-Saroyan

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6. Remembering William Saroyan William Saroyan The Man The Writer Documentary Film. http://www.kalinian-saroyan.com/

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7. Houghton Mifflin Reading: Meet William Saroyan William Saroyan, the son of Armenian immigrants, was born in Fresno, California, in 1908. He left school at age thirteen, but he remained an avid reader. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/saroyan.html

@import "/kids/hmr/mtai/includes/styles.css"; Meet the Author William Saroyan William Saroyan, the son of Armenian immigrants, was born in Fresno, California, in 1908. He left school at age thirteen, but he remained an avid reader. He worked as a telegraph messenger, newsboy, farm laborer, and office clerk, and he drew from these experiences to write short stories, novels, and plays. His first publication, the story "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1934), began a successful writing career. Five years later, his play The Time of Your Life won the Pulitzer Prize. He refused to accept the award, however. He believed that businesses should not support the arts (the Pulitzer Prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a newspaper publisher) and that the play was "no more great or good than anything else I have written." Saroyan's success continued. His novel The Human Comedy was published in 1942 and made into a movie, for which he won an Academy Award in 1943 for the best writing of an original motion picture story. Saroyan became very popular through the 1940s and 1950s; altogether, he published more than 60 books. He died in 1981. In the last book published during his lifetime

8. WILLIAM SAROYAN William Saroyan was an internationally renowned ArmenianAmerican writer, playwright and humanitarian. His fame, and his most enduring achievements as a http://hometown.aol.com/kalinian/pamphlet/william.html

htmlAdWH('93212816', '728', '90'); Main Literature William Saroyan William Saroyan was an internationally renowned Armenian-American writer, playwright and humanitarian. His fame, and his most enduring achievements as a writer, date from the 1930's. He dazzled, entertained and uplifted millions, with hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, memoirs and essays; they continue to charm and touch us today. Saroyan's talent was first projected to the world through the medium of an Armenian-English newspaper, Hairenik of Boston. In 1934, at the age of 26, with the publication of his first book The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze , William Saroyan became an overnight literary sensation. His first successful Broadway play was My Heart's in the Highlands in 1939, and in the same year, Saroyan was the first American writer to win both the Drama Critic's Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for his play, The Time of Your Life . He refused to accept the Pulitzer Prize on the grounds that, "Commerce should not patronize art...," and he added, "it is no more great or good than anything else I have written." Saroyan is unique among writers. He acknowledged the Armenian culture as an important source of literary inspiration, especially notable in the book-of-the-month choice

9. William Stonehill Saroyan - People Of California William saroyan william Saroyan was born in Fresno, California on August 31, 1908. His parents had both emigrated to the United States from Armenia. http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ca_wss.htm

HOME INTRO SYMBOLS ALMANAC GEOGRAPHY STATE MAPS PEOPLE FORUM ... WEBMASTER William Stonehill Saroyan Born: August 31, 1908 Place: Fresno, California Died: May 18, 1981 Place: Fresno, California W illiam Saroyan was born in Fresno, California on August 31, 1908. His parents had both emigrated to the United States from Armenia. When Saroyan was three years old, his father died, and his mother was unable to provide for the four Saroyan children. William and his siblings were placed in an orphanage in Oakland, California. Then, after five years of being raised in an orphanage, the Saroyan children were reunited with their mother, and Mrs. Saroyan was able to re-establish the family in Fresno. W illiam attended school until he was fifteen, when he left high school to try his luck out in the world. He took on odd jobs, and began to write, hoping to get his work published. His work was not an immediate thundering success. Some of his poems and a few short stories did get published, but his genuine breakthrough came when The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze was published in 1934. This is the work that catapulted Saroyan into the spotlight, and really made him an overnight success. From that point on, Saroyan was able to write and be published, and he continued to please his widespread audience. During the course of his life, Saroyan produced more than sixty books. Many of his works were based on autobiographical themes; others explored the world of Armenian immigrants, and the themes of freedom, brotherly love, and hope and poverty during the Great Depression.

10. William Saroyan - Wikipedia William Saroyan (31 Agosti, 1908 – 18 Mei, 1981) alikuwa mwandishi kutoka nchi ya Marekani. Aliandika hasa mikusanyiko ya hadithi, tamthiliya na riwaya. http://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan

William Saroyan From Wikipedia Jump to: navigation search William Saroyan William Saroyan 31 Agosti 18 Mei ) alikuwa mwandishi kutoka nchi ya Marekani . Aliandika hasa mikusanyiko ya hadithi, tamthiliya na riwaya . Mwaka wa aliteuliwa kuwa mshindi wa Tuzo ya Pulitzer kwa ajili ya tamthiliya yake “Wakati wa Maisha Yako” (kwa Kiingereza: The Time of Your Life ). Lakini alikataa kupokea tuzo hiyo. Makala hiyo kuhusu "William Saroyan" bado ni mbegu . Unaweza kusaidia kuikuza kwa kubofya kitufe kilichoandikwa "hariri" Ikiwepo makala kuhusu William Saroyan kwa lugha nyingine, unaweza kuitafsiri kwa Kiswahili. Retrieved from " http://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Saroyan Categories Waliozaliwa 1908 Waliofariki 1981 ... Mbegu Views Makala Majadiliano Hariri Historia Personal tools Ingia Safari Mwanzo Wikipedia:Jumuia Matukio mapya Mabadilisho ya karibuni ... Michango Tafuta Vifaa Viungo viungacho ukurasa huu Mabadilisho Pakia faili Kurasa za pekee ... Taja makala hii Lugha nyingine Česky Deutsch English Espa±ol ... T¼rk§e Ukarasa huu umebadilisha mara iliyopita tarehe 10 Novemba 2007, saa 00:12. Yaliyomo yafuata GNU Free Documentation License Sera ya faragha Kuhusu Wikipedia Wajibu

11. William Saroyan William Saroyan wrote more than 1500 short stories, 12 plays, and 10 novels. One of his best works, the novel “The Human Comedy,” is partially http://armenianhouse.org/saroyan/saroyan-en.html

Home About Forum F.A.Q. ... Alphabetical List WILLIAM SAROYAN The bearer of this non-Armenian name with an Armenian last name was born in 1908 in Fresno, California, to a poor family of Armenian immigrants. He started as a postman, and neither he, nor his parents could have ever imagined that there will be a day, when this name will be mentioned among the American writers such as Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, and Caldwell. Biography Acknowledgements: Source: Noev Kovcheg e-zine Translated from Russian and adopted by: Isabella Armenak Ter-Hovhannisyan (Vega$) See also: William Saroyan's page in Russian Fiction Armenian Poetry Nonfiction ... Legal Notice

12. William Saroyan William Saroyan. William Saroyan Born 31Aug-1908 Birthplace Fresno, CA Saroyan s ex-wife, Carol Marcus, later married Walter Matthau. http://www.nndb.com/people/299/000046161/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for William Saroyan Born: 31-Aug Birthplace: Fresno, CA Died: 18-May Location of death: Fresno, CA Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Time of Your Life Saroyan's ex-wife, Carol Marcus, later married Walter Matthau Father: (Armenian, d. 1911 peritonitis) Mother: Takoohi Wife: Carol Marcus (Jewish, m. Feb-1943, div. Sep-1949) Wife: Carol Marcus (remarried m. 25-Mar-1951, div. 1952) Daughter: Lucy Saroyan (actress, b. 17-Jan-1946, d. 11-Apr-2003 cirrhosis and hepatitis) Son: Aram (b. 25-Sep-1943) America First Committee Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1940 for The Time of Your Life , refused Appendectomy Armenian Ancestry Risk Factors: Appendicitis Author of books: The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze , short story anthology) Inhale and Exhale , short story collection) My Name is Aram , short story collection) The Human Comedy , novel, became a film in that year) Rock Wagram , novel) The Laughing Matter , novel) Here Comes, There Goes You Know Who

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14. TomFolio.com: William Saroyan, Author Autograph Sample, Book List Link, Search B William Saroyan (Aug 31 1908 May 18, 1981) had his roots in his Armenian heritage, and his heart firmly in the highlands. From his first collection of http://www.tomfolio.com/autographimg.asp?sigid=398&ret=AGIni

15. William Saroyan William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, on 31st August, 1908. Saroyan left school at fifteen but continued his education by reading books in the http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsaroyan.htm

William Saroyan Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, on 31st August, 1908. Saroyan left school at fifteen but continued his education by reading books in the public library. His first collection of stories, The Darling Young Man on the Flying Trapeze appeared in 1934. This was followed by Inhale and Exhale Saroyan became involved in the Group Theatre in New York where he worked with Harold Clurman Lee Strasberg Elia Kazan and Clifford Odets . Members of the group tended to hold left-wing political views and wanted to produce plays that dealt with important social issues. The group produced his play, My Heart's in the Highlands (1939). The following year he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Time of Your Life , but he rejected it.

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17. William Saroyan,The William Saroyan Society,Saroyan,William Saroyan The william saroyan Society is a nonprofit,public service organization,in Fresno, California. http://www.williamsaroyansociety.org/

Welcome to the William Saroyan Society, celebrating the Centennial of William Saroyan’s birth in 2008. We hope our site will support your interest and research into the life and work William Saroyan.As you tour our site, we hope you will contact us with your requests for information and suggestions. Society Centennial Events Annual Student Story Writing Contest See the “flier” for details on the writing contest for students which opens in January 2008. Submissions are due on March 10. Entry forms are also available through schools and libraries in the San Joaquin Valley. Symposium January 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m. www.saroyancentennial.org for details. The William Saroyan Society with the San Joaquin Valley Writing Project will conduct a competition for adult writers. Submittals will be accepted in the categories of Fiction, Non-fiction and Drama until March 15, 2008. See “detailed guidelines” Saroyan Town Walk The Walk will be held on April 19, 2008 beginning at the William Saroyan Theater, Inyo and M Streets at 9:30 a.m. The Walk will take you on a tour of the area in downtown Fresno in which William Saroyan lived during his early years and will present information on his early life and times. A tour of the lobby of the Saroyan Theater and of the sanctuary of Holy Trinity Apostolic Church will be included. Saroyan Bicycle Ride The Ride is sponsored jointly by the San Joaquin River Parkway and the William Saroyan Society. Registration is through the Parkway. The ride begins at the Coke Hallowell Center for River Studies at Riverview Ranch on March 29, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. The bike ride will take you along the Eaton trail from Riverview Ranch to Woodward Park following a luncheon and then returns to the Ranch. During the ride, readings from the works of William Saroyan will be led by John Kallenberg, Chairman of the William Saroyan Society. See

18. Www.williamsaroyan.org www.williamsaroyan.org/ 1k - Cached - Similar pages SULAIR AmLitStudies william saroyan CollectionThe largest, the william saroyan Papers (M0870), was assembled by saroyan himself. Though it includes items from the full gamut of his life and career, http://www.williamsaroyan.org/

19. The William Saroyan Page william saroyan Page. Three times in my life I have been captured by the orphanage, by school, and by the Army. I was four years in the orphanage, http://www.electroasylum.com/saroyan/

Welcome to *the* William Saroyan Page Three times in my life I have been captured: by the orphanage, by school, and by the Army. I was four years in the orphanage, seven or eight in school, and three in the Army. Each seemed forever, though. But I'm mistaken. The fact is I was captured only once, when I was born, only that capture is also setting free, which is what this is actually all about. The free prisoner. Here Comes There Goes You Know Who Electroasylum Main Page

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The Official Web Page of The William Saroyan Foundation Established by William Saroyan December 30, 1966 History and Legacy Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation Contacts for General Information Links of Interest The William Saroyan Foundation: It’s History and Legacy I have forgotten more than I can remember, and it is all there, somewhere. It has meaning and something more than meaning. Let the good boys and girls of scholarship find out what. William Saroyan – “Where The Bones Go" Saroyan officially founded the William Saroyan Foundation on December 30, 1966. The initial signatories to the Articles of Incorporation and subsequent officers and directors were William Saroyan, his bother Henry Saroyan and sister, Cosette Saroyan. Their first order of business was the following resolution: “By unanimous vote, [the] Deed of Trust was accepted from William Saroyan of a manuscript of ‘The Time of Your Life’ and of sixteen short stories, to be made available for literary and educational use by the public.” Thus was the beginning of 4 decades of Foundation activities.

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