Agop Jack Hacikyan (25 November 1931 – 3 July 2015)[1] was an Armenian Canadian literary scholar, historian and writer.[2][3] He served as Professor of Literary Studies and Dean of Studies at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean.[2] He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1931.[4] He is the author of over 30 books on literature and linguistics, and eight novels, including A Summer Without Dawn, an international bestseller. He is known as the co-author of one of the most comprehensive anthologies of Armenian literature, The Heritage of Armenian Literature (3 vols., Wayne State University Press, 2000–2005).[5]
Hacikyan was born in Istanbul to Armenian parents. After completing the first year of his engineering degree, Hacikyan left Turkey to study literature. He received his PhD in Montreal[6] and lived in Quebec since 1957.[7]