Zareh Vorpouni

Born Zareh Euksuzian in Ordu, Zareh Vorpouni survived the Armenian Genocide and later settled in France. His chosen surname, meaning orphan in Armenian, reflected both personal loss and the condition of his generation.

Vorpouni became a distinctive voice among the Paris-based Western Armenian writers of the twentieth century. His ambitious novel cycle The Persecuted and works such as The Candidate use psychological depth and modernist form to explore displacement, memory, and fractured identity.