Rouben Melik
Rouben Melik (14 November 1921 – 21 May 2007) was a French-Armenian poet and a member of the French Resistance. Officer of Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1963). Melik studied in Sorbonne with Gaston Bachelard, before his entrance to the literature under the aegis of the Resistance.
Rouben Melik
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- Born
- 14 November 1921
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 21 May 2007
- Full name
- Մելիք Մինասյանց.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- poet.
- Education
- University of Paris.
- Honours
- Officer of Arts and Letters, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, Grand prix de poésie de la SGDL, Prix Antonin-Artaud, prix Pierre de Régnier and Prix de la langue française.
- Languages
- French.
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Rouben Melik (14 November 1921 – 21 May 2007) was a French-Armenian poet and a member of the French Resistance. Officer of Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1963). Melik studied in Sorbonne with Gaston Bachelard, before his entrance to the literature under the aegis of the Resistance.
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One year after the publication in 1941 of Variations of triptyches, he joined the French Communist Party where he became a friend of Paul Eluard, alongside the Manouchian group and took part in the liberation of Paris. After the war, he founded "Armenian Youth of France" organization. Winner of Apollinaire prize in 1948.
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• Born — 14 November 1921 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 21 May 2007 • Other Names — Writer
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