Marjorie Housepian Dobkin

Marjorie Housepian Dobkin studied at Barnard College. The recorded working language is English, French and Armenian. The field of work recorded is literary activity and belletristic literature. Employment is recorded with Columbia University. Distinctions recorded are Medal of Anania Shirakatsi.

• Name — Marjorie Housepian Dobkin • Education — Barnard College (BA); Teacher's College (MA) • Birth Name — Marjorie Anaïs Housepian • Born — 21 November 1922 • Birthplace — Manhattan, New York City, U.S. • Died — 8 February 2013 • Place of death — Emerson, New Jersey, U.S. • Citizenship — American • Occupation — Writer, educator • Known for — Author of A Houseful of Love and Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City • Father — Moses Housepian • Children — 3 • Mother — Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian) • Relatives — Edgar Housepian (brother) • Spouse — * Donald Johnson (divorced) • Machbi Dobkin (1957–2004; his death)

Housepian Dobkin was born in 1922 to Dr. Moses Housepian and his wife Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian), Armenian immigrants in New York City, two and a half months after her grandfather was killed by a Turkish soldier during the burning of Smyrna from which her grandmother fled as a refugee. Her younger brother was the neurosurgeon Edgar Housepian. She attended Barnard College, graduating in 1944. She was a professor of literature and writing from 1957 to 1993, as well as associate dean of studies at Barnard from 1976 until 1993. Her students included the novelist Margaret Cezair-Thompson. Her academic career included: instructor in English at Barnard College (1957–1988), associate dean of studies (1976–1993), professor of English (1988–1993), and 1993–2013: Professor Emerita (1993–2013). She lived near Barnard at 425 Riverside Drive.

Her books include the novel A Houseful of Love (a New York Times and New York Herald Tribune bestseller) and the history Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City. He history of Smyrna is considered meticulously researched. It is considered the "standard work on the burning and evacuation of Smyrna". Most scholars consider it conclusive. • Illustration — The Diary of Anaïs Nin inscribed by Anaïs Nin to Marjorie Anaïs Housepian Dobkin