Aurora Mardiganian

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Aurora Mardiganian (Armenian: Աուրորա [Արշալոյս] Մարտիկանեան; January 12, 1901 – February 6, 1994) was an Armenian-American author, actress, and a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Arriving in America as a teenager, she co-wrote a 1918 book about her experience, Ravished Armenia, and played the title role in a 1919 silent movie based on the book, titled Auction of Souls or Ravished Armenia. Most of the film is now lost. An animated documentary about her life, titled Aurora's Sunrise, was released in 2022.

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