" The Armenian and the Armenian " is a short story written by William Saroyan in August 1935 in New York . It was first published in 1936 in the collection of short stories entitled '' Inhale & Exhale '' . Over the years , the story has become known for the excerpt — " arguably Saroyan 's most famous saying " — about the survival of the Armenian people after the genocide of 1915
genocide of 1915
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian and the Armenian