Krikor Beledian (, born Beirut, 1945) is a prolific Armenian poet, novelist, and literary critic 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. Section from his 13-part Unpeopled Language (ñöêøòøþøÃÂÃÂä ìÃ¥æøÃÂ) were published in Los Angeles Review of Books, and Asymptote.
Selected works
- ÃÂáïáÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂéøÃÂáî (Antipoem, 1972; English transl. 1979)
- ÃÂáÿøÃÂáîöÃ¥àëÃÂÃ¥öÃ¥áïûë ôáýëö (1972)
- ÃÂÃ¥òáãÃÂøÃÂéëÃÂö ÃÂáöäøÃÂøò ÃÂáòáÃÂë ôè ðáôáà(Topography for a City Being Destroyed, 1976)
- Objets & Débris (1978)
- ÃÂÃÂáô (Firm, 1980)
- óÃÂëãøàÃÂáÃÂÃ¥ïáÃÂë ìÃ¥æøÃÂë ýáðôáööÃÂ¥ÃÂøÃÂö ôçû (Grigor Narekatsi within the Limits of Language, 1985)
- ÃÂáöÿÃÂáöÃ¥à(Mantras, 1986)
- ÃÂáõÃÂÃ¥à(Places, 1986)
- ÿÃÂáïç ÷ÃÂûáöáïè ôáöëçì ÃÂáÃÂøÃÂêáöë ÷øÃÂÃÂû (The Fire Circle Around Daniel Varoujan, 1988)
- ֈ(Was, 1992)
- ÃÂáÿøÃÂáîöÃ¥àðÃÂ
ÃÂ (1993)
- õìÃÂ. ôáöÿÃÂáöÃ¥àò. ևÃÂà(Exodus: Mantras, 2nd series, 1993)
- Les Arméniens (1994)
- ÃÂáÃÂÿ (Fight, 1997)
- û ãøÃÂî áÃÂïáöÃ¥ì (To Put Into Action, 1997)
- ÃÂÃ¥ôÃ¥à(Thresholds, 1997)
- ÃÂáÃÂøÃÂáîè (The Hit, 1998)
- ôçúë ôÃ¥î ÃÂøÃÂáâÃÂ¥ÃÂøÃÂéëÃÂö (Toward the Grand Metaphor, 1999)
- öÃÂøõÃÂöÃ¥àâáöáýÿÃ¥òîøÃÂéÃ¥áö ôáýëö (Conversations about Poetry, 1999)
- ÃÂ÷áö (Sign, 2000)
- Cinquante ans de littérature arménienne en France, 1922-1972 (Fifty years of Armenian Literature in France, 2001)
- ÃÂáÿïÃÂ¥ÃÂè (The Image, 2003)
- ñöøÃÂöè ìÃ¥æøÃÂëý ÿáï (The Name Under My Tongue, 2003)
- õÃÂïøÃÂà(Two, 2005)
- Avis de recherche : une anthologie de poésie arménienne contemporaine (Wanted: Anthology of Contemporary Armenian Poetry, 2006)
- õÃÂïÃÂÃÂ
ýøÃÂéëÃÂö ÃÂáÃÂÃ¥ïáÃÂëë ðÃ¥ÿ (Dialogue with Narekatsi, 2008)
- ÃÂáõïáïáö ÃÂøÃÂÿøÃÂÃÂëæô (Armenian Futurism, 2009)
- ÃÂáöÿÃÂáöÃ¥à(Mantras, 2010)
- ÃÂÃÂûøÃÂô (Inversion, 2012)
- ÃÂáÃÂô (Flock, 2015)
- ÿÃÂïöáãëàôáÃÂäè (The Palimpsest Man, 2015)
- ûöù øàùÃ¥ý ÿÃ¥ýöÃ¥à(That Which You Don't See, 2016)
- Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France (English edition, 2016)
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