Avedis Aharonian
Avedis Aharonian (also Awetis or Avetis , Armenian Աւետիս Ահարոնեան ; * January 4, 1866 in Iğdırmawa , Yerevan Province , then Russian Empire , now Turkey ; † March 20, 1948 in Marseille , according to other information in Paris ) was an Armenian politician, Revolutionary and writer.
Life
Aharonian spent his childhood in central Armenia, which is dominated by Mount Ararat and the Aras River . His father was a blacksmith. His mother Zadar taught him to read and write at an early age. After primary school in Iğdır , Aharonian attended the Kevorkian-Jemaran School in Echmiadzin until 1886 . From 1888 to 1892 he was a teacher in Iğdır and Nor Bayazet .
From 1898 he studied history and philosophy at the University of Lausanne , traveled through Italy, and continued his studies with a focus on literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. After he met Christapor Mikaelian , one of the founding fathers of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation , he began to write for his magazine Troshag . In 1902 he returned to the Caucasus, became rector of the Nerssian school in Tbilisi and editor-in-chief of the Murc magazine . From 1905 he wrote for the magazine Aradz . In 1907 he was with an Armenian delegation in The Hague .
In 1909 Aharonian was imprisoned by the tsarist regime and held for two years in the prisons of Tbilisi - Metekhi , Baku , Rostov and Novocherkassk . He was ransomed through bribery and fled to Europe. In 1917 he returned to the Caucasus, where he became the first President of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Armenia from 1918 and signed the Treaty of Batumi on June 4, 1918 . On August 10, 1920, as leader of the Armenian delegation, he signed the Treaty of Sèvres with Boghos Nubar . After the annexation of Armenia by the Soviet Union and the formation of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic , Aharonian fled to Europe again. During a public discussion, he suffered a stroke in February 1934 and was unable to speak or write. He lived in France until his death in 1948.
Literary work
Aharonian left about 30 works: short stories, novels, poems, plays, but also non-fiction books. In it he describes the sufferings of his people under Turkish and Russian rule. His work is characterized by patriotism and a love of freedom and enriched with lifelike descriptions of nature. Mention should be made: Italiayowm, Azatow'tean Canaparh, Andownde, Zolovcow erkeri and Daravor Kaghnin.
In German are Armenian stories in Uebers. published by Agnes Finck-Gjandschezian, Reclam, Leipzig 1919.
The following are available in French:
- Les Anciennes croyances arméniennes . Parenthèses, 1980, ISBN 2-86364-008-9 .
- Sur le chemin de la liberté (short stories). Parenthèses, 1978, ISBN 2-86364-004-6 .
- Tableau approximatif des réparations et indemnités pour les dommages subis par la nation arménienne en Arménie de Turquie et dans la République arménienne du Caucase . Dupont, Paris 1919.
Individual evidence
- Lexicon of world literature. Alfred Kröner Verlag , Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-520-80702-5
Web links
- Biography and Literature (French)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aharonian, Avedis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ավետիս Ահարոնյան (Armenian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian politician, revolutionary and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iğdırmawa , Yerevan Province , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1948 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Marseille or Paris |