Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015) was an

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literary scholar, historian and writer. He served as Professor of Literary Studies and Dean of Studies at the

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. He was born in

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, Turkey in 1931. He is the author of over 30 books on literature and linguistics, and eight novels, including ''A Summer Without Dawn'', an international

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. He is known as the co-author of one of the most comprehensive anthologies of

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, ''The Heritage of Armenian Literature'' (3 vols.,

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, 2000–2005). Hacikyan was born in

to Armenian parents. After completing the first year of his engineering degree, Hacikyan left Turkey to study literature. He received his PhD in

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and lived in

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since 1957.http://www.mrifce.gouv.qc.ca/portail/_scripts/actualites/viewnew.asp?NewID=7165&strIdSite=lon&lang=en

Novels

*''The Young Man in the Grey Suit'' (2013) *''My Ethnic Quest'' (2012) *''The Lamppost Diary'' (2009) *''Les rives du destin'' (2005) *''A Summer Without Dawn'' (2000) *''Un été sans aube'' (1991) *''The Battle of the Prophets'' (1981) *''Tomas'' (1970)

References

External links

The Heritage of Armenian Literature
Canadian male novelists Turkish emigrants to Canada Academic staff of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean 2015 deaths 1931 births Canadian people of Armenian descent Writers from Istanbul Turkish people of Armenian descent 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Novelists from Quebec {{Canada-academic-bio-stub