"When Ms Düsap heard that I was also about to embark on a literary career, Mrs. Düsap warned me that a crown of thorns rather than a crown of laurels awaited women on this road. In this world of ours it is not tolerated when a woman does well and claims a place for herself. In order to achieve this, it would be necessary for a woman to be far above average and she added: A man can be a merely average writer but a woman, never!"
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Zabel Yesayan
Zabel Yesayan (Armenian - Զապէլ Եսայեան), (4 February 1878 – 1943), was an Ottoman Armenian novelist, translator, and professor of literature.
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