Krikor Beledian

Krikor Beledian
Born 1945 (age 70–71)
Beirut, Lebanon
Residence France (1967-present)
Nationality Armenian
Alma mater Armenian Lyceum Nshan Palandjian
Occupation writer, literary critic, and translator

Krikor Beledian (Armenian: Գրիգոր Պըլտեան, born Beirut, 1945) is a prolific Armenian writer, literary critic, and translator living in France.

After graduating from the Armenian Lyceum Nshan Palandjian of Beirut, he moved to Paris in 1967, where he studied philosophy at the Sorbonne. He has written dozens of volumes of poetry, novels, essays and critical works. Beledian lives in Paris and taught for many years at the INALCO (Institut national de langues et civilisations orientales), as well as the Catholic University of Lyon.

Beledian's work has been published in Lebanon, Armenia, France, and in the United States. Some of his essays have been published in journals and book chapters in English.

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