Smbat Biurat

Smbat Biurat ( Armenian Սմբատ Բիւրատ , Turkish Sımpad Pürad , born March 3, 1862 in Zeytun , Ottoman Empire ; † 1915 in Ayaş , Ankara ), also Der-Ghazarents (Տեր-Ղազարեանց), was an Armenian intellectual, poet, novelist, publisher and activist. He was killed in the Armenian genocide .

Life

Biurat went to Jerusalem in 1871 , where he graduated from the Armenian seminary in Jarankavorats , and from 1880 began to study at the Sorbonne , University of Paris . During this period he published his first poems in Yeghia Demircibaschian's philosophical journal "Yergrakount" ( Earth ). In 1885 Biurat opened a school in the Armenian-populated town of Sis (today Kozan ).

He and his wife were arrested for political activities. He spent 5 years in the prisons of Maraş and Aleppo and saw his wife go blind in prison. In 1895 he was released and moved to Cairo , where he founded the Armenian Central High School and the Nor Or newspaper . After the Young Turkish Revolution in 1908, he returned to Anatolia , where he wrote for the newspapers Pyunik and Gaghapar and worked with Ottoman-Turkish journalists. He also wrote numerous books ("From Yildiz to Sasun", 1910; "The eagle of Avarayr", 1909; "For liberty", 1911; etc.) and opened a publishing house. In 1910 he translated Émile Zola's Fécondité (fertility) from 1899. As a member of the Hntschak party, he was elected a member of the Armenian National Assembly in the Ottoman Empire.

writing style

Smbat Biurat is considered a late romantic writer. His works mostly deal with the persecution of the Armenian ethnic group, heroic tales and the dramatic depiction of the life of Armenian revolutionaries. Some of his novels take place in his birthplace, Zeytun. His detailed description of the Armenian revolutionary movement attracted a lot of attention and his novels were very popular in the early part of the early 20th century.

Death and inheritance

Smbat Biurat was arrested on “Red Sunday” , April 24, 1915, and deported from Istanbul with numerous other Armenian intellectuals . He was detained in Ayas and killed shortly after in Ankara . His last letter was:

“If Talat Bey knew the disaster and grief we went through as a family, he would end this situation… My poor wife, you have suffered a lot of misery because of this tyranny, and have now lost your sight as a result, which police chief would not pity show up to you after seeing your condition? But what is the purpose? Our suffering will always stay with us. "

-  -Smbat Biurat's last letter to his family (original in Armenian)

Works

Some of Biurat's literary works are:

• Panasdeghtsagan Yerker Off. 1. (Istanbul, 1909). (Poem).
• Avarayri Aruytse gam Vardanank. (Istanbul, 1909). (Play).
• Veghavor Herose gam Bartoghomeos and Takachian. (Istanbul, 1909).
• Zeytuntsi Vardapete. (Np, c1910)
• Innsun vets: Arevni mechen. 6 vols. (Istanbul, 1911). (Novel).
• Sasun Yetke. 1. Deaconers. (Istanbul, 1911). (Novel).
• Sasun Yetke. 2. Tebi Yeltez. (Istanbul, 1911). (Novel).
• Pande pant. 5 edition (Istanbul, 1910). (Novel).
• Verchin berde. (Istanbul, 1914). (Drama).
• Aryuni Dzore. (published posthumously: Istanbul, 1919). (History).

Web links

• Biurat's biography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian (eds.): The Heritage of Armenian Literature From The Eighteenth Century To Modern Times. Wayne State Univ Pr, Detroit 2005, ISBN 0-8143-3221-8 , pp. 102-3 ( here in the Google book search).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Kevork B. Bardakjian (Ed.): A reference guide to modern Armenian literature, 1500-1920: with an introductory history . Wayne State Univ. Press, Detroit 2000, ISBN 0-8143-2747-8 , pp. 307-8 ( online ).
3. ↑ Pascual C. Ohanian: Turquia, Estado Genocida (1915-1923) Documentos . 1986, p. 598 (Spanish, here in Google Book Search).
4. ↑ 103 yılda 112 gazeteci ve yazar öldürüldü. In: Gazeteciler. Retrieved April 1, 2014 (Turkish).