Oscar winner William Saroyan poses for Mikhail Vartanov, whom he nicknamed the "Eyemoman"
Caption: Oscar winner William Saroyan poses for Mikhail Vartanov, whom he nicknamed the "Eyemoman"
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Writer, Soundtrack, Actor
Born: August 31, 1908
Star sign: Virgo
Known for: The Banishment (2007), The Human Comedy (1943), The Time of Your Life (1948), My Heart Is in the Highlands (1976)
Source: IMDB
The Oscar winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient William Saroyan, who gained world fame with his classic book "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1934), was born in California to Armenak and Takoohi Saroyan, Armenian refugees from the Turkish Ottoman Empire which perpetrated the Armenian genocide. With his unmistakably American literary ...