Kegham Mihrani Atmadjian (, literary

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''Sema'', November 18, 1910 – May 18, 1940) was a French-Armenian poet and editor.

Biography

Being a survivor of the

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, Atmadjian lived in orphanages in Turkey and

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. In 1929 he moved to Paris, where he published the Armenian cultural magazine "Jank" (Effort), together with Missak Manouchian. In 1935–1937 he published another Armenian magazine, "Mshaguyt" (Culture), with Bedros Zaroyan. He was the author of poems, plays, short stories, and articles. In 1940 he was killed during his service in the French army at the outbreak of

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. His sister Marie Atmadjian, a poet by herself, wrote memoirs about him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Atmadjian, Kegham 1910 births 1940 deaths People from Bafra 20th-century French male writers Armenian male poets French male poets 20th-century Armenian poets 20th-century French poets French people of Armenian descent Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Armenian genocide survivors Syrian emigrants to France French Army personnel killed in World War II