Word: dikran
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Michael Arlen (old name: Dikran Kouyoumdjian), who bounded to fame & fortune in the early '20s with his best-dressed tales of smartly ruined women and ruinous men (The Green Hat, May Fair), and who then relaxed into well-cushioned obscurity, decided that the best was yet to be. A man's 40s and 50s are his best years, he declared, "because he knows what...
...your issue of last week. It is not every middle-aged man who can say that he has been called a "glossy darling." I have been called shorter names, and liked them less. But let me correct you in an inaccuracy. You refer to me as Dikran Kouyoumdjian (Michael Arlen). It should read Michael Arlen (Dikran Kouyoumdjian). Over 20 years ago I became legally, technically, officially Michael Arlen. I paid ?5 in legal expenses, and have been working ever since to get my money back. Perhaps your calling me a "glossy darling" will help...
...night came Richard Krebs ("Jan Valtin"), of his autobiographical chiller admitted: "I added the experiences of some other people to make the book as effective as possible." Armenian Dikran Kouyoumdjian (Michael Arlen), glossy darling of the '20s (The Green Hat), reached Manhattan by freighter from Britain, en route to Hollywood. Latest report on the other Armenian, William Saroyan: he plans to start a saloon modeled on his play, The Time of Your Life, on Manhattan's fly-blown Third Avenue...