Rouben Melik (; 14 November 1921 – 21 May 2007) was a French-Armenian poet and a member of the

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. Officer of

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(1963). Rouben Melik studied in

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with

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, before his entrance to the literature under the aegis of the Resistance. One year after the publication in 1941 of ''Variations of triptyches'', he joined the

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where he became a friend of Paul Eluard, alongside the Manouchian group and took part in the liberation of

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. After the war, he founded "Armenian Youth of France" organization. Winner of Apollinaire prize in 1948.IMEC archive
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1921 births 2007 deaths French people of Armenian descent University of Paris alumni French male poets 20th-century French poets Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 20th-century French male writers Prix Guillaume Apollinaire winners {{France-poet-stub