Kégham Atmadjian

Kégham Atmadjian
Born	Kegham Mihran Atmadjian (1910-11-18)November 18, 1910 Bafra, Ottoman Empire
Died	May 18, 1940(1940-05-18) (aged 29) France
Cause of death	Killed in action
Nationality	French-Armenian
Other names	Sema
Occupation(s)	poet and editor
Partner	Emma Jeanne Charlotte Le Chevalier

Kegham Mihran Atmadjian (Armenian: Գեղամ Միհրանի Աթմաճյան, literary pseudonym Sema, November 18, 1910 – May 18, 1940) was a French-Armenian poet and editor.

Biography[edit]

Being a survivor of the Armenian genocide, Atmadjian lived in orphanages in Turkey and Aleppo. In 1929 he moved to Paris, where he published the Armenian cultural magazine "Jank" (Effort), together with Missak Manouchian. In 1935–1937 he published another Armenian magazine, "Mshaguyt" (Culture), with Bedros Zaroyan. He was the author of poems, plays, short stories, and articles. In 1940 he was killed during his service in the French army at the outbreak of World War II. His sister Marie Atmadjian, a poet by herself, wrote memoirs about him.

External links[edit]

• Sema