khodja Posted September 16, 2001 Report Share Posted September 16, 2001 Famous British writer of the 1920's, most famous novel being "The Green Hat," an international bestseller. Known as Michael Arlen. His son wrote the story "Passage to Ararat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koko Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 (edited) Michael Arlen, English Literature, 20th Century To The Present, Biographies Link: http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/Arlen-Mi.html http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/q...michaelx001.htm http://proverb.taiwanonline.org/display.ph...ael+Arlen&row=0 Edited February 2, 2004 by koko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koko Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 Biography: Michael Arlen 1895–1956, English novelist, b. Bulgaria as Dikran Kuyumjian. The son of Armenian parents, he was brought to England as a child. In 1922 he became a British subject and changed his name, and in 1928 he married Countess Atalanta Mercati. Arlen is best remembered for his fantastically successful novel (and play) The Green Hat (1924), which depicts the licentious postwar life of fashionable London society. His characters are disillusioned, cynical, and witty. Although sophisticated, the novel is ultimately sentimental. Arlen's novels depicted the mood of the 1920s, and by the 30s he was no longer read. His last novel, Flying Dutchman, appeared in 1939. See the biography Exiles (1970) by his son Michael J. Arlen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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