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| Born | Marjorie Anaïs Housepian (1922-11-21)November 21, 1922 |
| Died | February 8, 2013(2013-02-08) (aged 90) Emerson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Barnard College (BA);Teacher's College (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, educator |
| Known for | Author ofA Houseful of Love andSmyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City |
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| Relatives | Edgar Housepian (brother) |
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Marjorie Anaïs Housepian Dobkin ((1922-11-21)November 21, 1922 – (2013-02-08)February 8, 2013) was an author and an English professor atBarnard College,Columbia University,New York. Her books include the novelA Houseful of Love (aNew York Times[1] andNew York Herald Tribune[2] bestseller) and the historySmyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City.[3]
Housepian Dobkin was born in 1922 to Dr.Moses Housepian and his wife Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian),Armenian immigrants inNew York City, two and a half months after her grandfather was killed by a Turkish soldier during theburning of Smyrna from which her grandmother fled as a refugee. Her younger brother was the neurosurgeonEdgar Housepian. She attended Barnard College, graduating in 1944. She was a professor of literature and writing from 1957 to 1993,[4] as well as associate dean of studies at Barnard from 1976 until 1993. Her students included the novelistMargaret Cezair-Thompson.[5]
Her academic career included: instructor in English at Barnard College (1957–1988), associate dean of studies (1976–1993), professor of English (1988–1993), and 1993–2013: professor emerita (1993–2013).
She lived near Barnard at 425Riverside Drive.[6]
She was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi prize of theAcademy of Sciences of Soviet Armenia[7] and was also the recipient of an honorary doctorate fromWilson College.[8]
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