Being a survivor of the Armenian Genocide , Atmadjian lived in orphanages in Turkey and Aleppo . In 1929 he moved to Paris , where he published the Armenian cultural magazine " Jank " ( Effort ) , together with Missak Manouchian . In 1935-1937 he published another Armenian magazine , " Mshaguyt " ( Culture ) . He was the author of poems , plays , short stories , and articles . In 1940 he was killed during his service in the French army at the outbreak of World War II . His sister Marie Atmadjian , a poet by herself , wrote memoirs about him
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Kégham Atmadjian