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Oscar winner and the Pulitzer Prize recipient William Saroyan, who gained world fame with his classic book "The Daring Young Man on Flying Trapeze" (1934), was born in California to Armenak and Takoohi Saroyan, survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Turks in the Ottoman Empire. With his unmistakably American literary works... See full bio » Born:in Fresno, California, USADied:(age 72) in Fresno, California, USA |
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