... In American literature, one of the most prolific and popular authors of the 1930’s, all the way into the 1950’s, was William Stonehill Saroyan.
William Saroyan lived in Fresno County, California. ...
William Stonehill Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, on August 31, 1908; the 4th child of Armenian immigrants Armenak Saroyan preacher and poet, and Takoohi Saroyan of Bitlis (Metz). ... William attended Fresno Junior High School, and left school at the age of fifteen to become a writer after his mother had shown him some of his fathers’ work (Perkins, 901). ... Williamss became known as a writer when The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze was published in 1934. ...
William Saroyan achieved great popularity through the thirties, forties
and fifties. ... This
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delightful novel shows a boy becoming a man in a world that even in the midst of war appears sweeter, safer and more livable than our own. ...
“All of the stories owe their success to the long storytelling tradition Saroyan inherited from his family and his Armenian background. ... Saroyan’s humor is great because he
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understands and is willing to admit his own insignificance. ...
William Saroyan is described as "unique among writers" because "he acknowledged the Armenian culture as an important source of literary inspiration." By the end of his life, he was a great American writer who had ceased to write great books. ... The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze affected the world of American fiction like a flow of spring water.
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