Gurgen Mahari - Complete Works in 15 Volumes. Volume 15/1 / Գուրգեն Մահարի - Երկերի լիակատար ժողովածու. Մահարի 15/1

by Gurgen Mahari, Գուրգեն Մահարի

Volume 15/1 includes Gurgen Mahari's letters from 1964 to 1966. These years marked a period of creative growth in the writer's life, during which he completed "Burning Gardens" and wrote "Blooming Barbed Wire". His crystallized pen paved the way for new creative achievements and victories, as he was never short of ideas. However, Mahari was soon to face a new trial, the most serious one he encountered in his restless and stormy life.

760 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Gurgen Mahari (Gurgen Grigori Ajemian) was an Armenian writer and poet.

In 1915 during the Armenian genocide Gurgen's family emigrated to Russia. His first book, Titanic was published in 1924. Then he wrote his autobiographical trilogy which tells his story of survivor and the tragedy experienced by Armenians in Western Armenia.

He was arrested by Soviet secret police at the period of Stalinism and released after Joseph Stalin's death (Mahari was sentenced to 10 years' confinement in 1937, returned in 1947 and one year later exiled again).