About Haig Bosmajian
Lived 1928 – 2014 (aged 86). Haig Bosmajian was an American writer.
Haig Aram Bosmajian (March 26, 1928 – June 17, 2014) was an author, lecturer, and professor, who received the 1983 Orwell Award for his book The Language of Oppression.
Haig and Hamida Bosmajian wrote the textbook, The Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement (1969), which has been published as a student textbook to analyze strategies of rhetoric.
Works Selected works by Haig Bosmajian include: Anita Whitney, Louis Brandeis, and the First Amendment Burning Books (March 2006, 233 pages) . The Freedom Not to Speak (New York, 1999, 248p.) . Metaphor and Reason in Judicial Opinions (July 1992) The Freedom to Publish (New York: Neal-Schuman, 1989, 230p.) The Freedom of Religion (First Amendment in the Classroom) (June 1987) Freedom to Read (April 1987) Censorship, Libraries, and the Law (1983) The Language of Oppression (1974) The Principles and Practice of Freedom of Speech (1971) Dissent, Symbolic Behavior and Rhetorical Strategies Readings in speech (1965) "The Communist Manifesto: Critical Essay" "Lying to the People", Western Journal of Speech Communication, Fall 1991. "Dehumanizing People and Euphemizing War", Christian Century, December 5, 1984.
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Who was Haig Bosmajian?
American writer
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Haig Bosmajian was born on 10 April 1928 in Fresno.
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Haig Bosmajian died on 17 June 2014.
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Haig Bosmajian was a writer.
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Haig Bosmajian was American.
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