Hakob Karapents

Hakob Karapents
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Native name	Յակոբ Կարապենց
Born	August 9, 1925 Tabriz, Iran
Died	October 20, 1994 Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	Iranian-Armenian
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	author

Hakob Karapents (Armenian: Յակոբ Կարապենց), also known as Jack Karapetian, was a prolific Iranian-Armenian author born in 1925 in Tabriz, Iran. He settled in the United States in 1947. He wrote numerous novels and short stories during his life span in both Armenian and English. He died in 1994 in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Selected Writings

Novels

• Կարթագենի դուստրը (The Daughter of Carthago, Beirut, 1972)
• Ադամի գիրքը (The Book of Adam, New York, 1983)

Short Story Collections

• Անծանօթ հոգիներ (Unknown Souls, Beirut, 1970)
• Նոր աշխարհի հին սերմնացանները (The Old Sowers of the New World, Beirut, 1975)
• Միջնարար (Intermezzo, New York, 1981)
• Ամերիկեան շուրջպար (American Circle Dance, New York, 1986)
• Անկատար (Imperfect, New York, 1987)
• Մի մարդ ու մի երկիր եւ այլ պատմուածքներ (A Man and A Country and Other Stories, Watertown, Ma., 1994)
• Return and Tiger and Other Short Stories, Tatul Sonentz-Papazian, tr. (Watertown, Ma., 1995)

Essays

• Երկու աշխարհ (Watertown, Ma., 1992)
• Մտորումներ (Arlington, Ma., 2009)

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Karapents' gravestone at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown, MA