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Salom Rizk
Syrian-American author (1908–1973)
Salom Risk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 December 1908 near Ain Arab, Mount Hermon, Syria, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 22 October 1973 Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Pen name | Sam Risk, Solomon Rizk |
| Occupation | Author, lecturer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Syrian, American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Genre | autobiography |
| Subject | immigrant life, assimilation |
| Notable works | Syrian Yankee |
Salom Rizk (also known as Sam Risk; born 15 December 1908 in Ottoman Syria, died 22 October 1973 in Silver Spring, Maryland) was a Syrian-American author, best known for his 1943 immigrant autobiography, Syrian Yankee, perhaps the best-known piece of Arab American literature in the middle part of the century.[1] The book has been called "a classic of the immigrant biography genre",[2] especially for the way Rizk's story portrays the American Dream[3] and the virtues of cultural assimilation[4] at th