Useful References


For those interested in further study of Saroyan's works, the following are useful references:

  • Balakian, Nona. The World of William Saroyan. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1998.
  • Calonne, David Stephen. William Saroyan: My Real Work Is Being. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983.
  • Floan, Howard Russell. William Saroyan. New York : Twayne Publishers, 1966.
  • Foard, Elizabeth C. William Saroyan: A Reference Guide. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1988.
  • Foster, Edward Halsey. William Saroyan: A Study of the Short Fiction. New York: Twayne, 1991.
  • Hamalian, Leo, ed. William Saroyan: The Man and the Writer Remembered. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1987.
  • Gifford, Barry and Lawrence Lee. Saroyan: A Biography. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
  • Keyishian, Harry, ed. Critical Essays on William Saroyan. New York: G.K. Hall, 1995.
  • Kherdian, David. A Bibliography of William Saroyan, 1934-1964. San Francisco : Roger Beacham, 1965.
  • Leggett, John. A Daring Young Man: A Biography of William Saroyan. New York: Knopf, 2002.
  • Saroyan, Aram. Last Rites: The Death of William Saroyan. New York: Morrow, 1982.
  • Saroyan, Aram. William Saroyan. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.
  • Whitmore, Jon. William Saroyan: A Research and Production Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.