Arthur Derounian

Derounian in 1949

Arthur Derounian (born Avedis Boghos Derounian (Armenian: Աւետիս Պօղոս Տէրունեան),[1][2][3][4] April 9, 1909 – April 23, 1991),[5] also known as John Roy Carlson among many pen names, was an Armenian-American journalist and author, best-selling author of Under Cover.[6]

Derounian wrote for the Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Fortune Magazine, the Council Against Intolerance and the Friends of Democracy. [7] In the 1950s he founded and managed the Armenian Information Service, which made a number of publications. His exposé writing has been the subject of lawsuits.[8][9]

Derounian is also notable for editing the manifesto of Armenia's first Prime Minister, Hovhannes Kajaznuni.[10]

  1. ^ Alpers, Benjamin L. (2003). Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture. University of North Carolina Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-8078-5416-7.
  2. ^ Hewsen, Robert H. (October 1963). "Armenian Names in America". American Speech. 38 (3). Duke University Press: 214–219. doi:10.2307/454102. JSTOR 454102.
  3. ^ Canada Parliament. House of Commons (August 8, 2008). Debates: Official Report. Vol. 5. Queen's Printer. p. 5212. His real name is Avedis Boghos Derounian, an Armenian immigrant. The name of the author of Under Cover is given as Derounian, alias Carlson, alias Paige, ...
  4. ^ Joshi, Sunand Tryambak (1998). Documents of American Prejudice: An Anthology of Writings on Race from Thomas Jefferson to David Duke. Basic Books. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-465-01624-2. This beauty is an Armenianborn in Greece, whose real name, if such a person can be said to own a real name, is Avedis Boghos Derounian, alias John Roy Carlson, amongst a string of fifteen aliases. (other quote elided)
  5. ^ Avedis Derounian[permanent dead link], Social Security Death Index
  6. ^ Sarles, Ruth; Kauffman, Bill (2003). A Story of America First: The Men and Women who Opposed US intervention in World War II. Greenwood Press. pp. xvii. ISBN 978-0-275-97512-8.
  7. ^ Fowler, Glenn (April 25, 1991). "Arthur Derounian, 82, an Author Of Books on Fascists and Bigots". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Sanctuary v. Thackrey, [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL], Supreme Court of New York, Trial Term, New York County, 189 Misc. 724; 72 N.Y.S.2d 104; 1947 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2709, July 29, 1947. (The New York Post, published by Dorothy S. Thackrey, had serially printed Under Cover starting on October 16, 1943.)
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference stokes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ *Katchaznouni, Hovhannes (August 1955). Carlson, John Roy (ed.). The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Anymore. Translated by A. Callender, Matthew. New York: Armenian Information Service. (Book cover), Full text online