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The Life and Identity of Arshile Gorky Arshile Gorky was born Vostanik Manoug Adoian on April 15, 1904, in Khorgom, Van, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). His early existence was tied to a name and a place that he would eventually leave behind. As he moved through his life, he began to construct a new persona, a process of reinvention that involved shedding his original identity. He chose the name Arshile, a derivation of Achilles, the Acha

ean hero of the Iliad, and paired it with the surname Gorky. This shift from Vostanik Manoug Adoian to Arshile Gorky was more than a simple change of labels. It was a way to distance himself from his origins and align his life with a different history. He toyed with various spellings and names, sometimes looking toward Greek mythology or even the names of Russian writers, seeking a sense of belonging that felt more aligned with his as…