Zaven Artin Keledjian

15-Dec-1922 Baku

17-Dec-2002 Los Angeles, CA, USA

Zaven Keledjian was born in Baku in 1922. His parents lived for a while in Kharpert where Zaven attended the Armenian school. In 1926, Zaven's parents settled in Aleppo where Zaven attended the local Armenian schools. He learned the trade of jewelry and mastered the art of engraving on gold metal. In 1967, for a year, Zaven practiced his profession as a jewelry engraver in Switzerland in the workshop of Arnold and Max. Since there were no Armenian schools for his children, he decided to return to Aleppo. Shortly thereafter, Zaven and his family decided to move and settle in Beirut. Because of continuous political turmoil in Lebanon, Zaven sought a safe haven on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the United States of America and settled in the suburbs of Los Angeles where a large Armenian community existed.