Zaruhi Kalemkaryan

Zaruhi Kalemkaryan (; July 18, 1871 or 1874 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – July, 1971 in New York, New York) was a prose writer, essayist, poet, and philanthropist of Armenian descent.

Life

Zaruhi Kalemkaryan was born Zaruhi Seferian on the Asiatic side of Constantinople's Bosphorus to Aşod Seferyan and her mother Peruze Demircibaşyan. She attended the local Aramian Armenian School and started her early experiments with poetry at school. She married Mihran Kalemkaryan in 1889, who was a member of the Ottoman Army. She began publishing under the pen names Yevterpe, and after her marriage G. Zaruhi.

Works Zartonk (The Awakening) – 1893: Poetry Tornigis Kirke (My Grandchildren's Book) – 1936: Travel Book Gyankis Jampen (My Life's Road) – 1952: Memoir Orer yev Temker (Days and Faces) – 1965