Վարազդատ

Հայոց Բերդը

by Stepan Zoryan

Historical Novel. Fiction, though is based on real events. Tells about the events in Armenia, which happened after The last great Arshakuni King Pap's reign, during the reign of his successor and nephew Varazdat (374-378 AD).

Genres: History

440 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Born in 1889, Sept. 15 / 3 /, in Gharakilisa / now Vanadzor /. 1896-98 - studied in private school. 1904 - graduated from local russian biannial school. 1906 - went to Tibilisi. 1909 - in "Luma" magazin was published the story of "Hungry beings". 1909-17 - signed by St. Roffor. 1909-19 - worked in newspaper "Mshak". 1918 - was published the first selection of "The sad people". 1919 - moved to Yerevan. 1922-25 - worked as chief editor of the Committee of Education of State Publishing Office of ASSR. 1926 - worked in "Armenian Cooperation" weekly paper. 1930 - worked in "Armenian movie" as a literal adviser. 1934 - was elected as a member of USSR writers' Union and the USSR Writers' I forum deputy. 1935 - was awarded the medal of "Employment Red Flag". 1944 - was published "The king Pap" narration. 1945 - was published the selection "Simple Souls" collection. 1950 - was elected as an administrative secretary of Armenian Writers' Union. 1954, 1959 and 1966 - was elected as a deputy in the USSR Writers' 2nd, third, fourth forums. 1959 - was published "Armenian fortress" narration. 1962 - was elected as the USSR Leninian State Award Comittee member. 1965 - was elected as the president of Ministries Council joint literature, art and architecture state awards committee. 1965 - was awarded the title of academicien of Armenia's Scientific Academy. 1967 - the historical narration "Varazdad" was published. 1967 - he died on October 14th, and was buired in Yerevan's Park Pantheon named after Komitas. 1980 - was defined annual award named after St. Zoryan.

St. Zoryan's pen was fertile, he wrote stories, novels, litro-scientifical articles and memoirs. His compositions were tronslated into 22 languages.

Reviews

[Grigor Grigoryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Սկզբից մտածում էի` ինչ իմաստ ունի գրել նման թագավորի մասին պատմավեպ, բայց ընթացքում ու վերջում գտա իմաստը 😎
Բայց ամեն դեպքում ես նման վերնագիր չէի դնի, այս պատմավեպն ընդհանրապես հայ թագավորի մասին չէ, որ մի հատ էլ նրա անունը որպես վերնագիր դրոշմվի լավ պատմավեպի կազմին։