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William Saroyan

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Original – William Saroyan, one of the best-known Americans of Armenian descent that achieved success in the 1930-40s. He is highly regarded in Armenia and by Armenians around the world.

Reason

Relatively high quality for a 1940 photo.

Articles in which this image appears

William Saroyan, Armenian American

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Al Aumuller, World-Telegram staff photographer

• Support as nominator --Երևանցի ^talk 17:44, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose Lots of visible scratches and the composition and pose is rather awkward and artificial - is he straddling the back of a lounge chair or something? Nick-D (talk) 10:06, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:44, 2 February 2014 (UTC)