author
Michael Arlen
1895–1956
A sharp-eyed chronicler of fashionable 1920s society, this British writer became famous for stylish, witty fiction that captured the glamour and disillusionment of the age. His best-known novel, The Green Hat, helped make him one of the literary celebrities of his day.
6 Audiobooks
The green hat
by Michael Arlen
The London Venture
by Michael Arlen
The Romantic Lady
by Michael Arlen
"Piracy" : A romantic chronicle of these days
by Michael Arlen
About the author
Born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian in Ruse, Bulgaria, on November 16, 1895, he was the son of Armenian parents and was brought up in England. Writing under the name Michael Arlen, he became a British author known for novels, short stories, plays, and screenwriting.
Arlen had his greatest success in the 1920s. His work often explored the polished surface and uneasy spirit of post-World War I high society, and The Green Hat (1924) became his signature book. Contemporary reference sources describe him as a writer who captured the brittle glamour and cynicism of fashionable London between the wars.
He later spent time in the United States as well as Britain, and he died in New York City on June 23, 1956. Although he is not as widely read now as he once was, he remains an important literary voice of the Jazz Age and a notable figure in Armenian and British literary history.