Zabel Yesayan

Zabel Yesayan
Զապէլ Եսայեան
Born(1878-02-04)4 February 1878
Scutari, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died1943 (1944) (aged 65)
Siberia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationNovelist, poet, writer, and teacher.
NationalityArmenian
Alma materSorbonne University
SpouseDickran Yesayan
Children
  • Sophie
  • Hrant
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Zabel Yesayan (Armenian: Զապել Եսայան (reformed), Զապէլ Եսայեան (classical); 4 February 1878 – 1943) was an Armenian writer and a prominent figure in the Armenian academic and political community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Zabel Yesayan's books, articles, and speeches cover a range of topics such as the Adana massacre, Armenian genocide, and commentary on the status of Armenian women. Yesayan also worked as a translator in France as well as a professor during her later years as an academic. Her novels and articles contributed to understanding the persecution of Turkish Armenians, the after effect of World War I, and women's roles and rights in the Ottoman and Armenian communities.