My Name Is Aram

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"My Name Is Aram" is a 1940 collection of interconnected short stories by William Saroyan that follows the humorous and poignant adventures of a young Armenian-American boy growing up in Fresno, California.

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My Name Is Aram canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
short story collection
author William Saroyan
containsHumor true
containsPoignancy true
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationForm print
follows adventures of a young Armenian-American boy
genre Armenian-American literature
fiction
short stories
hasEthnicFocus Armenian-American community
hasNotableCharacter Aram’s uncle
members of the Garoghlanian family
hasProtagonistEthnicity Armenian-American
hasTheme childhood
community
family
identity
immigrant experience
interconnectedStories true
isSetInTimePeriod early 20th century
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Aram Garoghlanian
narrativePerspective first-person
partOfAuthorOeuvre William Saroyan bibliography
publicationYear 1940
publisher Harcourt Brace & World
surface form: Harcourt, Brace and Company
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation Fresno
surface form: Fresno, California

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Saroyan Theatre namedForNotableWork My Name Is Aram
William Saroyan notableWork My Name Is Aram