# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-surmelian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:02.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-surmelian"
name: "Leon Surmelian"
slug: "leon-surmelian"
description: "Leon Zaven Surmelian was an Armenian-American writer. Surmelian moved to America in 1922, and authored three major works throughout his lifetime. A survivor of the Armenian genocide, Surmelian published his first English book, I Ask You, Ladies and Gentlemen in 1945. He is also well known for translating the Armenian epic Daredevils of Sassoun into English."
tagline: "Armenian writer (1905-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zaven_Syurmelyan.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905-11-24"
deathDate: "1995-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump