386:
582:
332:, Isahakyan described through his compositions the Armenians' sorrowful destiny and their heroic struggle for freedom. The poet put forward the genocide accusations, the worst part of which had taken place between 1915 and 1922, in "The White Book". During that period, 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, such as "Snow has Covered Everything...", "To Armenia...", and "Here Comes Spring Again".
347:
barber, he immediately beamed and started reciting his poetry in
Armenian. The shoeshine man had the same reaction: "Avetik! Avetik!" He has a sad, absent look about him. They say the regime (which pays him a small pension) won't let him visit his family abroad. I was surprised to find that he was unable to recite even four lines of his verse in Armenian when I asked him to: he's forgotten everything. And when we had an Armenian evening and his poems were read from the podium he just sat there in the audience, hunched forward, his hands over his face. He refused to go out on the podium or utter a single word.
538:
418:
550:
566:
204:
42:
447:
A symbolic 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", the master
346:
I've just had a visit from four
Armenians, one of whom, Avetik Isaakyan, is a well-known poet. I can't tell you what a nice man he is: modest, quiet, completely unaffected. He spent a fortnight here without anyone's knowing who he was. Yet his fame is such that when I mentioned him to our Armenian
462:
His poems are those of love and sorrow. One of his best known works is the philosophical poem "Abu-Lala Mahari" (1909–1911), while his other well-known works include "Songs and Novels" and "The Mother's Heart". Being a romantic, Isahakyan was best known for his verse "On the Bridge of Realto"
441:. 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.
459:. He later had finally moved back to Armenia where he continued his enormous social work. Among his works of that time are famous "Our historians and Our Minstrels" (1939), "To my Motherland" (1940), "Armenian Literature" (1942) or "Sasna Mher" (1937).
448:
himself used to say. 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 the Armenian people would return to their native shores.
397:
did not have a tombstone twenty years after his death, Isahakyan ordered one, with the side of the tombstone reading "To Poloz Mukuch (Mkrtich
Ghazarosi Melkonyan); and the other side: "A memento from the poet Avetik Isahakyan."
467:
of 1941–1945, he wrote patriotic poems like "Martial Call" (1941), "My Heart is at the
Mountains' Top" (1941), "To the Undying Memory of S. G. Zakyan" (1942), "The Day of the Great Victory" (1945) and many other. The
675:
437:
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
813:
444:
Between 1899 and 1906 he wrote "The Songs of
Haiduks", a compilation of poems that became the first creation within classical Armenian poetry dedicated to the Armenian freedom struggle.
455:
in 1926 where he published a new collection of his poems and stories (e.g. "A Pipe of
Patience" - 1928). Between 1930 and 1936 he lived abroad where he acted as a friend of the
316:, Isahakyan went to Berlin. There, together with a number of German intellectuals, he participated in the German-Armenian movement, and edited the group’s journal
328:
and the horrifying massacres confirmed his gruesome predictions about the annihilating nature of the Young Turks government's policies. After the war and the
664:
On the one side of the gravestone is carved 'To Poloz Mukuch (Mkrtich
Ghazarosi Melqonyan); on the other side, 'A memento from the poet Avetik Isahakyan.'
644:
581:
478:, and a great respect for human dignity" and "deeply connected with the history and culture of the Armenian people, embracing the best traditions of
289:
Together with 158 other
Armenian intellectuals, he was arrested in 1908 and after spending half a year in Tiflis's Metekha prison (just like
521:
881:
565:
371:
in 1946, served as a member of the Soviet Committee for Protection of Peace, and was a deputy of the II-IV Supreme Soviets of the
876:
846:
537:
856:
741:
549:
886:
871:
781:
652:
630:
264:
17:
385:
866:
851:
493:
Isahakyan's works have been translated in many languages and his poems have been used as lyrics for songs.
360:
841:
773:
321:
602:
807:
723:
648:
470:
531:
bill. It was also featured on an Armenian postage stamp in 2000 and a Soviet postage stamp in 1975.
364:
752:
One of the busiest streets of Yerevan starts from Nalbandyan Street and ends in Baghramyan Avenue.
524:
opened on Amiryan Street in 1935 was named after Avetik Isahakyan in 1955, on his 80th birthday.
737:
259:. He started his literary as well as political careers in his early youth. Upon his return from
486:
characterized him as a "first class poet, fresh and simple, whom one, perhaps, cannot find in
861:
501:
One of the busiest streets of Yerevan, stretching for 1.1 km from Nalbandyan Street to
836:
831:
694:
279:
278:
Later Isahakyan went abroad, attending literature and history of philosophy classes at the
8:
510:
430:
308:(which he believed was aimed at the total extinction of Armenians) could be prevented by
368:
290:
248:
240:
160:
156:
75:
509:, is named after Isahakyan. The bronze-granite statue of Avetik Isahakyan by sculptor
304:
regarding self-government and autonomy of Ottoman Armenia. Assured that the danger of
777:
626:
502:
329:
216:
146:
263:
in 1895 he entered the ranks of the newly established Alexandropol committee of the
506:
464:
406:
335:
173:
122:
802:
268:
705:
Avetik Isahakyan, scul. S. Baghdasaryan, arch. L. Sadoyan Bronze, granite, 1965
483:
452:
379:
178:
79:
818:, translated into English by Mischa Kudian (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1977)
772:. translated, introduced, and annotated by Leon D. Megrian. Lanham, Maryland:
825:
588:
528:
517:
422:
267:. Through his activities he supported armed groups and financial aid sent to
203:
717:
456:
417:
394:
372:
356:
256:
244:
112:
108:
41:
325:
305:
301:
339:
252:
690:
300:
Isahakyan did not believe the promises made by the government of the
224:
556:
475:
294:
136:
797:
572:
514:
426:
402:
313:
272:
260:
104:
87:
487:
479:
438:
309:
283:
271:
from Alexandropol. He was arrested in 1896 and spent a year in
236:
83:
71:
239:(present-day Gyumri, Armenia) in 1875. He was educated at the
352:
297:
was no longer possible, and by 1911 Isahakyan had emigrated.
645:"Flashing Gyumri before my eyes - a look into my birthplace"
132:
282:. He returned to his homeland in 1902, and then moved to
389:
Avetik Isahakyan's tomb at Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon
527:
Isahakyan's portrait appears on the Armenian 10,000
513:
and architect Liparit Sadoyan was opened in 1965 in
223:; October 30, 1875 – October 17, 1957) was an
803:Biography of Avetik Isahakyan on Armenianhouse.org
676:Isahakyan's memorial tombstone at Komitas Pantheon
421:The bronze-granite statue of Avetik Isahakyan in
409:, which is located in the city center of Yerevan.
351:Isahakyan again went abroad in 1930 and lived in
823:
474:characterized his creative work as "filled with
685:
683:
767:
680:
642:
482:and world literature." The Russian poet
463:dedicated to his first love. During the
416:
384:
293:), he was freed on bail. Staying in the
227:lyric poet, writer and public activist.
27:Armenian writer and activist (1875–1957)
587:Avetik Isahakyan on an Armenian 10,000-
382:twice and decorated with other medals.
361:Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR
14:
824:
393:Seeing that Gyumri's famous satirist
359:in 1936, where he was elected to the
742:Public Television Company of Armenia
543:Tomb of Avetik Isahakyan in Yerevan
24:
761:
355:, but returned permanently to the
25:
898:
791:
365:Writers Union of the Armenian SSR
265:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
815:Selected Works: Poetry and Prose
580:
564:
548:
536:
202:
40:
882:Burials at the Komitas Pantheon
738:"On Yerevan Streets: Isahakyan"
643:Jallatyan, Karen (2010-12-28).
522:first public library of Yerevan
342:in 1926 and wrote in his diary:
877:Recipients of the Stalin Prize
847:People from Erivan Governorate
730:
710:
669:
636:
625:(Yale University Press, 2005:
615:
13:
1:
798:Avetik Isahakyan House-Museum
608:
363:in 1943 and president of the
367:in 1944. He was awarded the
230:
7:
857:20th-century Armenian poets
774:University Press of America
596:
571:Avetik Isahakyan on a 2000
555:Avetik Isahakyan on a 1975
10:
903:
768:Isahakian, Avetik (1991).
603:Statue of Avetik Isahakyan
451:Isahakyan returned to the
887:Gevorgian Seminary alumni
872:20th-century male writers
770:Notebooks of a Lyric Poet
724:Great Soviet Encyclopedia
649:Armenian Youth Federation
496:
471:Great Soviet Encyclopedia
405:in 1957. He is buried at
401:Avetik Isahakyan died in
220:
201:
196:
188:
166:
152:
142:
128:
118:
94:
58:
48:
39:
32:
727:, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
433:, arch. L. Sadoyan, 1965
412:
52:
718:Исаакян Аветик Саакович
322:German–Armenian Society
221:Ավետիք Սահակի Իսահակյան
213:Avetik Sahaki Isahakyan
808:Avetik Isahakyan poems
691:"Monuments of Yerevan"
434:
390:
349:
286:(modern-day Tbilisi).
235:Isahakyan was born in
420:
388:
344:
249:University of Leipzig
695:Yerevan Municipality
280:University of Zurich
867:Soviet male writers
852:Armenian male poets
812:Avetik Issahakian,
511:Sargis Baghdasaryan
378:He was awarded the
251:, where he studied
247:, and later at the
842:People from Gyumri
621:Kornei Chukovsky,
435:
391:
369:Stalin State Prize
291:Hovhannes Tumanyan
241:Gevorgian Seminary
174:Stalin State Prize
161:Leipzig University
157:Gevorgian Seminary
76:Erivan Governorate
503:Baghramyan Avenue
330:Armenian genocide
210:
209:
16:(Redirected from
894:
787:
755:
754:
749:
748:
734:
728:
714:
708:
707:
702:
701:
687:
678:
673:
667:
666:
661:
660:
651:. Archived from
640:
634:
623:Diary, 1901-1969
619:
584:
568:
552:
540:
507:Kentron district
465:Second World War
407:Komitas Pantheon
336:Korney Chukovsky
222:
206:
192:Sophia Kocharian
123:Komitas Pantheon
101:
98:October 17, 1957
69:October 30, 1875
68:
66:
53:Ավետիք Իսահակյան
44:
34:Avetik Isahakyan
30:
29:
21:
18:Avetis Isahakyan
902:
901:
897:
896:
895:
893:
892:
891:
822:
821:
794:
784:
764:
762:Further reading
759:
758:
746:
744:
736:
735:
731:
715:
711:
699:
697:
689:
688:
681:
674:
670:
658:
656:
641:
637:
620:
616:
611:
599:
592:
585:
576:
569:
560:
553:
544:
541:
499:
431:S. Baghdasaryan
415:
324:. The start of
320:and co-founded
269:Ottoman Armenia
233:
184:
159:
153:Alma mater
103:
99:
70:
64:
62:
54:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
900:
890:
889:
884:
879:
874:
869:
864:
859:
854:
849:
844:
839:
834:
820:
819:
810:
805:
800:
793:
792:External links
790:
789:
788:
782:
763:
760:
757:
756:
729:
709:
679:
668:
635:
613:
612:
610:
607:
606:
605:
598:
595:
594:
593:
586:
579:
577:
575:postage stamp.
570:
563:
561:
559:postage stamp.
554:
547:
545:
542:
535:
498:
495:
484:Alexander Blok
453:Soviet Armenia
414:
411:
380:Order of Lenin
312:’s supporter,
232:
229:
208:
207:
199:
198:
194:
193:
190:
186:
185:
183:
182:
179:Order of Lenin
176:
170:
168:
167:Notable awards
164:
163:
154:
150:
149:
144:
140:
139:
130:
126:
125:
120:
116:
115:
102:(aged 81)
96:
92:
91:
80:Russian Empire
60:
56:
55:
50:
46:
45:
37:
36:
33:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
899:
888:
885:
883:
880:
878:
875:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
860:
858:
855:
853:
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
838:
835:
833:
830:
829:
827:
817:
816:
811:
809:
806:
804:
801:
799:
796:
795:
785:
783:0-8191-8051-3
779:
775:
771:
766:
765:
753:
743:
739:
733:
726:
725:
720:
719:
713:
706:
696:
692:
686:
684:
677:
672:
665:
655:on 2021-01-30
654:
650:
646:
639:
632:
631:0-300-10611-4
628:
624:
618:
614:
604:
601:
600:
590:
583:
578:
574:
567:
562:
558:
551:
546:
539:
534:
533:
532:
530:
525:
523:
519:
518:Circular Park
516:
512:
508:
505:in Yerevan's
504:
494:
491:
489:
485:
481:
477:
473:
472:
466:
460:
458:
454:
449:
445:
442:
440:
432:
428:
424:
423:Circular Park
419:
410:
408:
404:
399:
396:
387:
383:
381:
376:
374:
370:
366:
362:
358:
354:
348:
343:
341:
337:
333:
331:
327:
323:
319:
315:
311:
307:
303:
298:
296:
292:
287:
285:
281:
276:
274:
270:
266:
262:
258:
254:
250:
246:
242:
238:
228:
226:
218:
214:
205:
200:
195:
191:
187:
180:
177:
175:
172:
171:
169:
165:
162:
158:
155:
151:
148:
145:
141:
138:
134:
131:
127:
124:
121:
119:Resting place
117:
114:
110:
106:
97:
93:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
61:
57:
51:
47:
43:
38:
31:
19:
862:Soviet poets
814:
769:
751:
745:. Retrieved
732:
722:
716:
712:
704:
698:. Retrieved
671:
663:
657:. Retrieved
653:the original
638:
622:
617:
526:
500:
492:
469:
461:
457:Soviet Union
450:
446:
443:
436:
400:
395:Poloz Mukuch
392:
377:
373:Armenian SSR
357:Armenian SSR
350:
345:
334:
317:
299:
288:
277:
257:anthropology
237:Alexandropol
234:
212:
211:
113:Soviet Union
109:Armenian SSR
100:(1957-10-17)
72:Alexandropol
837:1957 deaths
832:1875 births
429:, by scul.
338:met him in
326:World War I
306:Pan-Turkism
302:Young Turks
275:’s prison.
245:Etchmiadzin
49:Native name
826:Categories
747:2021-01-30
700:2021-01-30
659:2021-01-30
633:), p. 234.
609:References
490:anymore."
340:Kislovodsk
253:philosophy
129:Occupation
65:1875-10-30
591:banknote.
231:Biography
197:Signature
597:See also
573:Armenian
557:U.S.S.R.
476:humanism
295:Caucasus
225:Armenian
217:Armenian
147:Armenian
143:Language
137:novelist
721:in the
515:Yerevan
480:Russian
427:Yerevan
403:Yerevan
314:Germany
273:Yerevan
261:Leipzig
105:Yerevan
88:Armenia
780:
629:
497:Legacy
488:Europe
439:Odessa
318:Mesrob
310:Turkey
284:Tiflis
189:Spouse
84:Gyumri
82:(now,
413:Works
353:Paris
778:ISBN
627:ISBN
589:dram
529:dram
520:The
255:and
133:Poet
95:Died
59:Born
425:in
243:in
181:(2)
828::
776:.
750:.
740:.
703:.
693:.
682:^
662:.
647:.
375:.
219::
135:,
111:,
107:,
86:,
78:,
74:,
786:.
215:(
90:)
67:)
63:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)
