Levon Pashalian was born in 1868 in
Üsküdar, a district of
Constantinople that is situated on the Asiatic side of the
Bosphorus. He attended the prestigious Berberian Varjaran (High School) and studied under famed principal and pedagogue
Reteos Berberian (Who was the founder and principal of the school as well). He began his literary career in the local
Massis,
Arevelk, and
Hayrenik Armenian newspapers. He joined the
Hnchakian political party but fled to safety in
Paris,
France in the 1890s when the Ottoman government began persecuting
Armenian political activists. He met with
Arpiar Arpiarian in
London and began a newspaper called
Nor Gyank dedicated to the newly found Reformed Hnchakist Party. This paper later merged into Hnchak, which would be the Party's official organ. In 1902 Levon Pashalian went to
Baku in order to work for a French oil company. He remained in Baku until the
Bolshevik Revolution in 1920. After the revolution, he returned to
Paris and continued his literary career and political activism. In 1922-1923 he was a member of the Armenian National Delegation led by
Boghos Nubar which was a commission intent on dealing with the
Armenian plight after World War I. He joined the
Armenian General Benevolent Union and visited
Soviet Armenia in 1924 to help construct schools, hospitals, and settlements. In 1928 he founded the French-Armenian newspaper
Le Foyer which lasted until 1932. He died in
Vichy,
France. == Literary career ==