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Avetik Isahakyan

Born

in Giumri, Armenia

October 19, 1875

Died

October 17, 1957

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Avetik Sahak Isahakyan (alternate spelling: Avedik Issahakian) – famous Armenian poet, writer, academician, member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences and a prominent public figure. Born October 19 (31), 1875, in Kazarapat, near Alexandropol (present day Giumri), Armenia.

Isahakyan began his formal education at St. Etchmiadzin Gevorgyan seminary (1889-92). In 1893 he attended classes at Leipzig University as a non-matriculated student. He started his literary as well as political careers in his early youth. Upon his return from Leipzig in 1895 he entered the ranks of the newly established Alexandropol committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation; through his activities supported armed groups and financial aid sent to the Western Armen Avetik Sahak Isahakyan (alternate spelling: Avedik Issahakian) – famous Armenian poet, writer, academician, member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences and a prominent public figure. Born October 19 (31), 1875, in Kazarapat, near Alexandropol (present day Giumri), Armenia.

Isahakyan began his formal education at St. Etchmiadzin Gevorgyan seminary (1889-92). In 1893 he attended classes at Leipzig University as a non-matriculated student. He started his literary as well as political careers in his early youth. Upon his return from Leipzig in 1895 he entered the ranks of the newly established Alexandropol committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation; through his activities supported armed groups and financial aid sent to the Western Armenia from Alexandropol. He was arrested in 1896 and spent a year in Yerevan’s prison.

Upon his release from the prison, 1897, he published first compilation of his poems “Songs and Wounds”, however soon was arrested again for his activities “against Russia’s Tsar” and sent to Odessa. The lyricism, emotional charge and melody of his poems earned him immediate popularity. His best works are filled with sorrow and lament meditations about the fate of the humanity, injustice of life. His compositions are penetrated with love to one’s motherland and people. Later Isahakyan went abroad, where in Zurich University attended Literature and History of Philosophy classes. He returned to his homeland in 1902 and then moved to Tiflis.

Between 1899-1906 he wrote “The Songs of Haiduks”, a compilation of poems that became the first creation within the classical Armenian poetry dedicated to the Armenian freedom struggle. In 1908 Avetik Isahakyan, with 158 other Armenian intellectuals, was arrested and after spending half a year in Tiflis’s Metekha prison (just like H. Toumanyan) he was freed on bail. Staying in Caucasus was not possible any longer and by 1911 Isahakyan had emigrated.

Not for a moment did he ever believe in the deceiving promises made by the government of the Young Turks regarding self-government and autonomy of the Western Armenia. Isahakyan, assured that the danger of Panturkism, which was aimed at total extinction of Armenians, could be prevented by Turkey’s supporter, the Kaiser’s Germany, went to Berlin where with a number of German intellectuals participated in German-Armenian movement and edited the group’s journal “Mesrob.” The start of the First World War and the horrifying massacres had confirmed his gruesome predictions about the annihilating nature of the Young Turks government’s policies. After the war and the genocide, Isahakyan described through his compositions the sorrow destiny and Armenians’ heroic struggle for freedom. The poet put forward the accusations of the Armenian Genocide, of which the worst part had taken place between 1915-1922, in “The White Book.” At that period of time Isahakyan expressed his ideas mainly through his social and political articles in which he discussed the topics of the Armenian cause, reunification of Armenia and the restoration of the Armenian government. The images of the massacres are persistent in his poems like “Snow has Covered Everything…”, “To Armenia…”, and “Here Comes Spring Again.”

A symbolical story portraying the Armenian politics and Armenian cause of the 19th early 20th centuries must have been “Usta Karo,” an unfinished novel, the work on which had accompanied the writer through all his life. “Usta Karo will be done on the day when the Armenian cause is resolved, “- used to say the master himself. Ishakyan could not get used the idea of a dismembered Armenia. With a deep emotional pain and bitterness in his heart he continued to believe that a time would come when Armenian people would return their native shores.

Ishakyan returned to the Soviet Armenia in 1926 where he published a new collection of his poems and stories (e.g. “A Pipe of Patience ...more

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	Abu Lala Mahari 4.31 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1910 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Լիլիթ by Avetik Isahakyan, Ավետիք Իսահակյան 4.12 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1921 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Սաադիի վերջին գարունը 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	حكايات العم اوهان by Avetik Isahakyan, أفيتيك إساهاكيان, موفق الدليمي (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1945 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Հատընտիր 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Works: Poetry and Prose by Avetik Isahakyan, Mischa Kudian (Translator) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Հայդուկի երգեր. բանաստեղծություններ really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Muse of Sheerak: Selected Works by Avetik Isahakyan, Mischa Kudian (Translator) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Issahakian 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ուստա Կարո 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Այն թռչող վայրկյանը, որ մարդիկ են անվանում, հավերժական է թվում այս խեղճերին...
Սակայն, ով փրկարար պատրանք... Իրենց խխունջից տիեզերական օվկիանի խորհուրդներն են լուծում եւ օրենքներ են սահմանում անհունին եւ անսահմանին. Անապատի վրայից սահող ամպի ստվերից ավելի ստահոդ է ձեր էությունը...Սակայն տեսնենք վարդը ինչ է լինելու...”
― Avetik Isahakyan, Լիլիթ

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“– Այո՛, հրաշք է աշխարհը, հեքիաթ է, գեղեցիկ և անհուն զարմանալի: Եվ ամեն օր նայում եմ աշխարհին և ամեն օր զարմացած, կարծես առաջին անգամն եմ տեսնում աշխարհը.– աշխարհը՝ առօրյա և միշտ հիասքանչ, աշխարհը՝ հնօրյա և միշտ նորաստեղծ, հավիտենական մի անծանոթ հրապույրով առինքնող:
– Կախարդված է աշխարհը, և բոլոր իրերը հմայված են մի անտեսանելի վհուկի դյութական գավազանով, և հեքիաթացած է ամեն բան:
– Աշխարհը գլխիվայր հոսում է, քայքայվում է ու ձևալուծվում, և ի՞նչն է, որ նորից կերտում է ու կաղապարում այս հոյակապ աշխարհը, և մեր հոգու շուրջը փռում այս հրաշքն ու հեթիաթը:”
― Avetik Isahakyan, Լիլիթ

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“Եղկելի մարդիկ, երեկը նրանց համար գոյություն չունի.... Երգում են եւ պարում, եւ չգիտեն, որ իրենց ոտների տակի երեկվա գերեզմանը վաղը իրենց գերեզմանն է լինելու...”
― Avetik Isahakyan, Լիլիթ

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