What is Hiag Akmakjian?
[[File:HIagAndMargaretAkmakjian.jpg|thumb|250px|Akmakjian and his wife, September 2005]] '''Hiag Akmakjian''' (July 17, 1926 &ndash; January 10, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] writer, [[painter]] and [[photographer]]. He wrote several books including ''Snow Falling from a Bamboo Leaf: The Art of Haiku'' (1979), ''30,000 Mornings'' (1999) and ''Cleo'' (2016). Akmakjian was born in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[New Jersey]]. His parents were [[refugee]]s of the [[Armenian Genocide]]. He was married to Margaret Akmakjian. They had a son, Nicolas. Akmakjian died from [[lung cancer]] in [[Wales]], at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montereyherald/obituary.aspx?n=hiag-akmakjian&pid=183653409|title=Hiag Akmakjian Obituary|work=legacy.com|date=January 22, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Akmakjian, Hiag}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Wales]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Writers from Jersey City, New Jersey]] {{US-bio-stub}}