# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harut-sassounian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:26:14.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harut-sassounian"
name: "Harut Sassounian"
slug: "harut-sassounian"
description: "Harut Sassounian is an Armenian-American writer, public activist and publisher of The California Courier which is known for Sassounian's weekly opinion column. He served for 10 years as a non-governmental delegate on human rights at the United Nations in Geneva."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colloque_international_-_Arm%C3%A9nie-Turquie_(2010)-35.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.54201068479844
  historical:           5.272390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/harutsassounian"
    handle:    "harutsassounian"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/harut.sassounian"
    handle:    "harut.sassounian"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/harut-sassounian-bb96994/"
    handle:    "harut-sassounian-bb96994"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7974819/"
    handle:    "nm7974819"
sources:
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    title: "هاروت ساسونیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاروت ساسونیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harut_Sassounian"
    title: "Harut Sassounian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Յարութ Սասունեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harout_Sassounian"
    title: "Harout Sassounian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Հարութ Սասունյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump