Agop Jack Hacikyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Agop Jack Hacikyan

Armenian academic

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1931

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Death: 03-Jul-2015

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher

Nationality: Canada, Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015) was a Canadian university Emeritus Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer.
He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1931.
He is the author of over 30 books on literature and linguistics, and eight novels, including A Summer Without Dawn, an international bestseller.
He is known as the co-author of one of the most comprehensive anthologies of Armenian literature, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times (Wayne State University Press, 2005).Hacikyan was born in Istanbul to Armenian parents.
After completing the first year of his engineering degree, Hacikyan left Turkey to study literature.
He received his PhD in Montreal and has lived in Quebec since 1957.