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Kégham Atmadjian

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Kégham Atmadjian
Grainy, black and white photo of a young Armenian man from the neck up.
Born
Kegham Mihrani Atmadjian

(1910-11-18)November 18, 1910
DiedMay 18, 1940(1940-05-18) (aged 29)
Cause of deathKilled in action
NationalityFrench-Armenian
Other namesSema
Occupation(s)poet and editor
PartnerEmma Jeanne Charlotte Le Chevalier

Kegham Mihrani Atmadjian (Armenian: Գեղամ Միհրանի Աթմաճյան, literary pseudonym Sema, November 18, 1910 – May 18, 1940) was a French-Armenian poet and editor.

Biography

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Being a survivor of the Armenian genocide, Atmadjian lived in orphanages in Turkey and Aleppo. 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 World War II. His sister Marie Atmadjian, a poet by herself, wrote memoirs about him.

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