Biography

William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy.

An Armenian American, Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. Many of his stories and plays are set in his native Fresno. Some of his best-known works are The Time of Your Life, My Name Is Aram, My Heart's in the Highlands, and The Human Comedy.

Books by William Saroyan

Uçan Trapezdeki Cesur Genç Adam ve Diger Öyküler
Uçan Trapezdeki Cesur Genç Adam ve Diger Öyküler
2021
En Güzel Günlerin
En Güzel Günlerin
2019
Hayrik, du Khent Es
Hayrik, du Khent Es
2018
Wo ich herkomme, sind die Leute freundlich
Wo ich herkomme, sind die Leute freundlich
2017
Tutag Es Dzo
Tutag Es Dzo
2016
הקומדיה האנושית
הקומדיה האנושית
2014
Pʻogh sarkʻelě ev tasnině ayl shat karch piesner
Pʻogh sarkʻelě ev tasnině ayl shat karch piesner
2013
Ban unem aselu
Ban unem aselu
2012
Odlekler Cesurdur
Odlekler Cesurdur
2010
Patmvatskʻner, hartsʻazruytsʻn
Patmvatskʻner, hartsʻazruytsʻner, ēssener, namakner, husher
2010
Dzeṛnamart i ser Hayastani
Dzeṛnamart i ser Hayastani
2009
Young Saroyan
Young Saroyan
2009
He flies through the air with the greatest of ease
He flies through the air with the greatest of ease
2008
Mardkutʻyan tuně
Mardkutʻyan tuně
2008
Tsnundner
Tsnundner
2008
A lost child's fireflies
A lost child's fireflies
2006
Real World of the Writer
Real World of the Writer
2006
The rebirth celebration of the
The rebirth celebration of the human race at Artie Zabala's off-broadway theatre
2006
The stolen secret (a short pla
The stolen secret (a short play)
2006
Essential Saroyan
Essential Saroyan
2005
Jim, Sam and Anna
Jim, Sam and Anna
2005
Reader's Companion--Bronze Level
Reader's Companion--Bronze Level
2005
Tales from the Vienna streets
Tales from the Vienna streets
2005
The television impeachment of
The television impeachment of the boy president's assassin's financial backer
2005
A number of absurd and heroic
A number of absurd and heroic events in the life of the great American goof
2004
Across the board on tomorrow m
Across the board on tomorrow morning
2004
Bad men in the west
Bad men in the west
2004
Bitlis
Bitlis
2004
Chris sick, or happy new year
Chris sick, or happy new year anyway
2004
Elmer and Lily
Elmer and Lily
2004
Haratch
Haratch
2004
Hayastani Andranikě
Hayastani Andranikě
2004
Sweeney in the trees
Sweeney in the trees
2004
The agony of little nations
The agony of little nations
2004
The people with light coming o
The people with light coming out of them
2004
The poetic situation in Americ
The poetic situation in America since Alexander Dumas and several others
2004
Yetmis Bin Suryani
Yetmis Bin Suryani
2004
Folie dans la famille
Folie dans la famille
2003
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Reader's Companion -- Bronze Level
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Reader's Companion -- Bronze Level
2003
Where the bones go
Where the bones go
2002
Paris Fresno Güncesi 1967-68
Paris Fresno Güncesi 1967-68
2001
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
2001
The Adventures of Wesley Jackson
The Adventures of Wesley Jackson
2001
My Name is Aram
My Name is Aram
2000
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
2000
Trable s tygry
Trable s tygry
1999
Comma I
Comma I
1998
American film stories
American film stories
1996
Nothing but the Truth and Rela
Nothing but the Truth and Related Readings
1996
The banishment
The banishment
1995
Einwandererkinder / Immigrant Boys
Einwandererkinder / Immigrant Boys
1994
Fresno stories
Fresno stories
1994
Mama I Love You
Mama I Love You
1994
Saroyan-- memoirs--
Saroyan-- memoirs--
1994
Insani tamasha
Insani tamasha
1992
Saroyan's Armenians
Saroyan's Armenians
1992
The Parsley Garden
The Parsley Garden
1990
Warsaw visitor
Warsaw visitor
1990
The man with the heart in the highlands & other early stories
The man with the heart in the highlands & other early stories
1989
An Armenian trilogy
An Armenian trilogy
1986
The pheasant hunter
The pheasant hunter
1986
William Saroyan
William Saroyan
1986
Վիլյամ Սարոյան Ընտիր Երկեր 1
Վիլյամ Սարոյան Ընտիր Երկեր 1
1986
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
1985
William Saroyan Reads Stories from the Human Comedy and My Name Is Aram
William Saroyan Reads Stories from the Human Comedy and My Name Is Aram
1985
New Saroyan Reader
New Saroyan Reader
1984
My name is Saroyan
My name is Saroyan
1983
Yoksul insanler
Yoksul insanler
1981
Assassinations ; & Jim, Sam &
Assassinations ; & Jim, Sam & Anna
1979
Two Short Paris Summertime Plays of Nineteen Seventy-Four
Two Short Paris Summertime Plays of Nineteen Seventy-Four
1979
Patmuatskʻner
Patmuatskʻner
1978
An act or two of foolish kindness
An act or two of foolish kindness
1977
Saroyan Special
Saroyan Special
1977
Morris Hirshfield
Morris Hirshfield
1976
Sons come and go, mothers hang in forever
Sons come and go, mothers hang in forever
1976
The tooth and my father
The tooth and my father
1974
Places Where I've Done Time
Places Where I've Done Time
1972
Days of life and death and escape to the moon
Days of life and death and escape to the moon
1970
The new play
The new play
1970
I used to believe I had forever now I'm not sure
I used to believe I had forever now I'm not sure
1969
Letters from 74 rue Taitbout
Letters from 74 rue Taitbout
1969
The dogs, or The Paris  comedy
The dogs, or The Paris comedy
1969
Three New Dramatic Works and 1
Three New Dramatic Works and 19 Other Short Plays
1969
Dentist and patient and Husban
Dentist and patient and Husband and wife
1968
Horsey Gorsey and the Frog
Horsey Gorsey and the Frog
1968
Look at us, let's see, here we are...
Look at us, let's see, here we are...
1967
My kind of crazy, wonderful pe
My kind of crazy, wonderful people
1966
Put' vasheĭ zhizni
Put' vasheĭ zhizni
1966
Short drive, sweet chariot
Short drive, sweet chariot
1966
Deleted beginning and end of a
Deleted beginning and end of a short story
1965
Fifty Best American Short Stories
Fifty Best American Short Stories
1965
After thirty years
After thirty years
1964
One day in the afternoon of the world
One day in the afternoon of the world
1964
ME A Modern Masters Book For C
ME A Modern Masters Book For Children
1963
The Best American Short Stories 1963
The Best American Short Stories 1963
1963
Here Comes There Goes You Know, an Autobiography
Here Comes There Goes You Know, an Autobiography
1962
Here comes, there goes, you know who
Here comes, there goes, you know who
1961
Sam, the highest jumper of them all
Sam, the highest jumper of them all
1961
Three Dramas of American Realism
Three Dramas of American Realism
1961
I cavernicoli
I cavernicoli
1960
The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II
The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II
1960
Cóż za pomysł, tato!
Cóż za pomysł, tato!
1959
Zhamum 60 mghon
Zhamum 60 mghon
1959
ואחד בלב
ואחד בלב
1959
Complete text of the cave dwel
Complete text of the cave dwellers
1958
The William Saroyan reader
The William Saroyan reader
1958
The Whole Voyald and other Sto
The Whole Voyald and other Storiest
1957
笑うサム・心高原にある者
笑うサム・心高原にある者
1957
Contemporary Drama. Eleven Plays. American - English - European
Contemporary Drama. Eleven Plays. American - English - European
1956
The whole voyald
The whole voyald
1956
Chelovecheskaia komediia; izbr
Chelovecheskaia komediia; izbrannye rasskazy
1955
Chelovecheskai︠a ︡komedii︠a.︡
Chelovecheskai︠a ︡komedii︠a.︡
1955
The laughing matter
The laughing matter
1953
The bicycle rider in Beverly Hills
The bicycle rider in Beverly Hills
1952
Fusstritt aus Liebe. Kurzgesch
Fusstritt aus Liebe. Kurzgeschichten.
1951
Tracy's Tiger
Tracy's Tiger
1951
The Twin Adventures
The Twin Adventures
1950
A decent birth, a happy funera
A decent birth, a happy funeral
1949
Don't go away mad
Don't go away mad
1949
Don't go away mad, and two other plays
Don't go away mad, and two other plays
1949
Sam Ego's house
Sam Ego's house
1949
The fiscal hoboes
The fiscal hoboes
1949
A subtreasury of American humor
A subtreasury of American humor
1948
The theological student
The theological student
1948
Tasě nor patmuatskʻner
Tasě nor patmuatskʻner
1947
Yaldah ʻaḳarah
Yaldah ʻaḳarah
1947
מבחר סיפורים
מבחר סיפורים
1947
The Insurance Salesman and Other Stories
The Insurance Salesman and Other Stories
1946
The time of your life and other plays
The time of your life and other plays
1946
The time of your life, and two other plays
The time of your life, and two other plays
1946
Some day I'll be a millionaire
Some day I'll be a millionaire
1944
48 Saroyan Stories
48 Saroyan Stories
1942
Best Stories Of William Saroyan
Best Stories Of William Saroyan
1942
Razzle dazzle
Razzle dazzle
1942
Sterren en strepen
Sterren en strepen
1942
The beautiful people
The beautiful people
1942
The Free Company Presents.. A
The Free Company Presents.. A Collection of Plays About the Meaning of America
1942
Love's old sweet song
Love's old sweet song
1941
Saroyan's fables
Saroyan's fables
1941
The beautiful people ; Sweeney in the trees and Across the board on tomorrow morning
The beautiful people ; Sweeney in the trees and Across the board on tomorrow morning
1941
A special announcement
A special announcement
1940
Che ve ne sembra dell'America?
Che ve ne sembra dell'America?
1940
Subway circus
Subway circus
1940
The ping-pong game
The ping-pong game
1940
Christmas 1939
Christmas 1939
1939
Peace - It's Wonderful - and T
Peace - It's Wonderful - and Twenty-Six other Stories
1939
Peace, it's wonderful
Peace, it's wonderful
1939
The hungerers
The hungerers
1939
William Saroyan, Thomas Mann
William Saroyan, Thomas Mann
1939
A native American
A native American
1938
Love, here is my hat
Love, here is my hat
1938
Love, Here is My Hat And Other Short Romances
Love, Here is My Hat And Other Short Romances
1938
The man with the heart in the
The man with the heart in the highlands
1938
Those who write them and those
Those who write them and those who collect them
1936
A Christmas psalm, 1935
A Christmas psalm, 1935
1935
The daring young man on the flying trapeze, and other stories
The daring young man on the flying trapeze, and other stories
1934
Coming through the rye
Coming through the rye
1926