Gurgen Mahari
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Gurgen Mahari was an Armenia
n writer and poet.
Gurgen's family emigrated to Russia
. His first book, Titanic was published in 1924. Then he wrote his autobiographical trilogy (first part, "Childhood" was published in 1929, and the third part was finished in 1955) 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 Stalin's death (Mahari was sentenced to 10 years' confinement in 1937, returned in 1947 and one year later exiled again).
He is also the author of the novel Burning Orchards (1966) and Charents-name (1968), memoires about Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents
.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n writer and poet.
Biography
In 1915 during the Armenian genocideArmenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
Gurgen's family emigrated to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. His first book, Titanic was published in 1924. Then he wrote his autobiographical trilogy (first part, "Childhood" was published in 1929, and the third part was finished in 1955) which tells his story of survivor and the tragedy experienced by Armenians in Western Armenia
Western Armenia
Western Armenia is a term, primarily used by Armenians, to refer to Armenian-inhabited areas of the Armenian Highland that were part of the Ottoman Empire and now are part of the Republic of Turkey....
.
He was arrested by Soviet secret police at the period of Stalinism
Stalinism
Stalinism refers to the ideology that Joseph Stalin conceived and implemented in the Soviet Union, and is generally considered a branch of Marxist–Leninist ideology but considered by some historians to be a significant deviation from this philosophy...
and released after Stalin's death (Mahari was sentenced to 10 years' confinement in 1937, returned in 1947 and one year later exiled again).
He is also the author of the novel Burning Orchards (1966) and Charents-name (1968), memoires about Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents was an outstanding poet 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...
.
Works in translation
- Mahari, G. (2007) Burning Orchards, translated by D. Tahta, H. Tahta and H Ghazarian, Black Apollo PressBlack Apollo PressBlack Apollo Press is an independent publisher based in Cambridge, England. It was founded in 1995 by American writer Bob Biderman and British Baudelarian scholar, David Kelley...
, Germinal Productions, Cambridge, U.K. ISBN 9781900355575