Zahrad

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Zareh Yaldizciyan (born May 10, 1924 in Nişantaşı , Istanbul ; † February 20, 2007 ibid.), Known by his writer's name Zahrad ( Armenian Զահրատ ), was a writer of Armenian descent who lived in Turkey and wrote poetry in the Western Armenian language.

biography

Zahrad's father Movses was a lawyer, consultant and translator for the Ottoman Foreign Ministry. He died when Zareh was three years. His mother, Ankine, was from Samatya district . Zareh grew up with his maternal grandfather, Levon Vartanyan.

In 1942 Zahrad graduated from Özel Pangaltı Ermeni Lisesi , the local Armenian - mechitaristic high school. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Istanbul University and then started working. Fearing that his family would not accept his wish to become a poet, he adopted the pseudonym “Zahrad”. In November 1963 he married Anayis Antreasian.

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Zahrad's poems have been translated into 22 languages. Levon Ananjan , the president of the Armenian Writers Union , characterizes Zahrad as "the huge oak tree of diaspora poetry, whose literary legacy has a deep and stable influence on modern poetry not only of the diaspora, but also of Armenia." The writer and journalist Rober Haddeciyan of the Marmara is quoted as follows: "All the paths of our poetry do not lead to Rome , but to Zahrad."

The President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan awarded Zahrad with the Mowses Chorenazi Medal for his contribution to Armenian literature and culture .

Works

  • «Մեծ քաղաքը» ( Big City , Istanbul, 1960)
  • «Գունաւոր սահմաններ» ( Colored Borders , Istanbul, 1968)
  • «Բարի Երկինք» ( Quite Heaven , Istanbul, 1971)
  • «Կանանչ հող» ( Green Earth , Paris , 1976)
  • «Մէկ քարով երկու գարուն» ( Two springs with one stone , Istanbul, 1989)
  • «Մաղ մը ջուր» ( A Sieve of Water , Istanbul, 1995)
  • «Ծայրը ծայրին» ( A tight fit , Istanbul, 2001)
  • «Ջուրը պատէն վեր» ( Water over the Wall , Istanbul, 2004)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ohannes Saskal: Zahrad: Şiirdeki 'Yaşam Tadı'. Acik Radyo, March 7, 2003, accessed January 20, 2013 (Turkish).
  2. ^ Zahrad (1924-2007) ( Memento from June 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Poet Zahrad Passes Away. Asbarez, February 22, 2007, accessed January 19, 2013 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Zahrad. Aras Yayincilik, archived from the original on January 15, 2013 ; Retrieved January 20, 2013 (Turkish).
  5. ^ A b Contemporary Literature in Translation . No. 13-22 , 1972, pp. 38 ( online [accessed January 20, 2013]).
  6. ↑ Khatchig Mouradian: Zahrad . In: The Armenian Weekly .
  7. ↑ Zahrat Was One Of Great Figures Of Armenian Poetry, Literary Critic Suren Danielian Says ( Memento from October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Ilya Kaminsky, Susan Harris: The Ecco anthology of international poetry . 1st edition. Ecco, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-158324-7 , pp. 472 ( online [accessed January 19, 2013]).
  9. ^ AIM: Armenian International Magazine . tape 10 . Glendale, California 1999, pp. 22 ( online [accessed January 20, 2013]).
personal data
SURNAME Zahrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zahrat; Yaldizciyan, Zareh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 2007
Place of death Istanbul