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Yeghishe Charents

Born

in Armenia

March 13, 1897

Died

November 29, 1937

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Yeghishe Charents (Armenian: Եղիշե Աբգարի Չարենց; March 13, 1897 – November 29, 1937) was an Armenian poet and public activist. Charents was one of the most outstanding poets of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialism, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians.

An early champion of communism, Charents joined the Bolshevik party, but as the Soviet state clamped down on nationalism in the 1930s, he gradually grew disillusioned with Stalinism and was later executed during the 1930s purges.
Yeghishe Charents was born Yeghishe Soghomonyan in Kars, then a part of the Russian Empire, in 1897 to a family involved in the rug trade. He first attended an Armenian Yeghishe Charents (Armenian: Եղիշե Աբգարի Չարենց; March 13, 1897 – November 29, 1937) was an Armenian poet and public activist. Charents was one of the most outstanding poets of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialism, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians.

An early champion of communism, Charents joined the Bolshevik party, but as the Soviet state clamped down on nationalism in the 1930s, he gradually grew disillusioned with Stalinism and was later executed during the 1930s purges.
Yeghishe Charents was born Yeghishe Soghomonyan in Kars, then a part of the Russian Empire, in 1897 to a family involved in the rug trade. He first attended an Armenian, but later transferred to a Russian, technical secondary school in Kars from 1908 to 1912.[1] In 1912, he had his first poem published in the Armenian periodical Patani.[2] Amid the upheavals of the First World War and the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, he volunteered to fight in a detachment in 1915 for the Caucasian Front. Sent to Van in 1915, Charents was witness to the destruction that the Turkish garrison had laid upon the Armenian population, leaving indelible memories that would later be read in his poems.[1] He left the front one year later, attending school at the Shanyavski People's University in Moscow. The horrors of the war and genocide had scarred Charents and he became a fervent supporter of the Bolsheviks, seeing them as the one true hope to saving Armenia.

Charents joined the Red Army and fought during the Russian Civil War as a rank and file soldier in Russia and the Caucasus. In 1919, he returned to Armenia and took part in revolutionary activities there. A year later, he began work at the Ministry of Education as the director of the Art Department. Charents would also once again take up arms, this time against his fellow Armenians, as a rebellion took place against Soviet rule in February 1921.
A victim of Stalinism, he died in prison. He was rehabilitated in 1954 after Stalin's death.
His works were translated by Valeri Bryusov, Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Louis Aragon and others.
His famous poems are:
Three songs to the sad and pale girl...", poems (1914)
"Blue-eyed Homeland", poem (1915)
"Soma", poem (1918)
"Charents-Name", poem (1922)
"Country of Nairi" (Yerkir Nairi) (1926)
"Epical Sunrise", poems (1930)
"Book of the Way", poems (1933-34 ...more

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	Երկիր Նաիրի by Yeghishe Charents, Եղիշե Չարենց 4.71 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1926 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ամբոխները խելագարված by Yeghishe Charents, Եղիշե Չարենց 4.57 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1919 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Դանթեական առասպել 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1916 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Երևանի Ուղղիչ Տնից by Yeghishe Charents, Եղիշե Չարենց 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1927 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of Fire: Selected Poems by Yeghishe Charents, Diana Der Hovanessian (Editor, Translator), Marzbed Margossian (Editor, Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1916 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yeghishe Charentz: 13 poems by Yeghishe Charents, Yeghishe Charentz, David Kherdian (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Չարենց Ընտիր երկեր Ա by Yeghishe Charents, Եղիշե Չարենց 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of Yeghishe Charent really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Volum II 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Հատընտիր by Yeghishe Charents, Եղիշե Չարենց it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“…Ու պե՜տք է քայլե՜լ ու քայլե՜լ համառ՝
Ապրելու հսկա տենչը բեռ արած,—
Քայլել անիմաստ մի կյանքի համար,
Մարել — ու վառել աստղերը մարած,
Որ — տիեզերքի զառանցանքը մառ
Չցնդի՜ երբեք ու մնա— երազ…”
― Yeghishe Charents, Դանթեական առասպել

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“Այսպես էր:
Խանութպան՝ Համոն -
Հավատո՞ւմ եք՝ ա՜յն էլ չտեսավ,
Որ Պողոսը դարձավ զինվոր
Ու մինչև Պերեմիշլ հասավ...

Բայց երբ առևտուր չկար,
Որպեսզի ձանձրույթից չըքնի -
Համոն երկա՛ր-երկա՛ր
Երգում էր՝
«Մեր Հայրենիք...»:”
― Yeghishe Charents

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“...Գիշերի՜ դեմ գիշեր է մութ խավարամած նրանց հոգին,
Որ կարոտով մի կրակոտ սպասում է առավոտին։
Խավար է մեծ սիրտը նոցա, բայց խավարում անծայրածիր -
Երկինքնե՜ր կան կապուտաչյա, հորիզոննե՜ր՝ անծա՜յր, անծի՜ր։
Ու աչքերում նրանց կապույտ, ուր իջել է գիշերը մութ -
Հազա՜ր բողբոջ կա կրակոտ, ու արշալույս, ու առավոտ։
Նրանց ձգված մկաններում ո՛ւժն է նստել խոնավ հողի,-
Եթե ուզեն՝ արևներին նոր տե՛մպ կըտան ու նոր ուղի...
Եթե ուզեն՝ արեգակնե՛ր կըշպրտեն երկինքն ի վեր.
Եթե ուզեն՝ վա՛ր կըբերեն երկինքներից արեգակներ...
Եթե ուզեն՝ կամքով արի ու աշխարհի հրով վառված -
Ինչե՜ր միայն չեն կատարի ամբոխները խելագարված...”
― Yeghishe Charents, Ամբոխները խելագարված

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