Zabel Yesayan Զապէլ Եսայեան | |
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| Born | 4 February 1878 Scutari, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1943 (aged 65) Siberia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, writer, and teacher. |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
| Spouse | Dickran Yesayan |
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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.