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What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
Armenian
Armenians
Silly
Lonely
Writer
America
Thing

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