Shahan Shahnour

Shahan Shahnour (August 3, 1903, Istanbul – August 20, 1974, Saint-Raphaël), Armenian: Շահան Շահնուր, French transliteration Chahan Chahnour), who signed his French language writings as Armen Lubin (Արմէն Լիւպէն) was a French-Armenian writer and poet.

He is considered a renowned Diasporan author in the Western Armenian tradition with his own style of writing.

In 1933 he published his second book, also written in Armenian, The Betrayal of the Gods, a collection of short stories.

In 1937, he fell victim to the bone disease osteolysis, which disabled him and caused him much pain and suffering for the rest of his life, mostly spent in hospitals after he lost his home in 1939.

Several collections of his Armenian essays were published from 1958 to 1973, including Two Red Notebooks (1967) and The Open Register (1971).