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of the Soviet authorities led to his repression in 1935. He spent the next twenty years in prison and exile, and was largely prevented from publishing after he was amnestied in 1955. Many of Kamsar's works and diaries have been published since his death in 1965, although a large amount of his writings remain unpublished.
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Yerevan flood. Nevertheless, he left behind a large number of writings, including diaries from his years in prison and exile, part of which have been published posthumously through the efforts of his granddaughter Vanuhi
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Many of Kamsar's writings have been lost. He lost some of his manuscripts while fleeing from Van during the
Armenian genocide․ After his arrest, materials from his archive were seized and destroyed twice by the Soviet police. Part of his manuscripts were damaged in his family home during the 1946
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Ler Kamsar's favorite genres were short forms of satire, such as the feuilleton, short story, satirical dialogue, and aphorisms. His early works mainly satirize the policy of the great powers during and after World War I, the diplomacy surrounding the
238:(The man in home clothes) was accepted for publication. He died of a heart attack on 22 November 1965 in Yerevan. He had seven children, four of whom died at a young age. A street in the Kentron District of Yerevan is named after him.
232:(now Vardenis, Armenia). He was allowed to return from exile to Yerevan after a general amnesty in 1955. He was prevented from publishing after his release; it was only just before his death that his book
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