Metakse
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Metakse or Metakse Poghosian (born 1926, Artik) is an Armenian poet, writer, translator and public activist. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Writers Union of Armenia.
She is the author of many popular books included poem collections ("Youth", "Female heart", "A conversation with the world"). In 2006 she published "The woman of the Fate" book of her selected works. Her poetry has been translated into English, French, Japanese, Bulgarian, Serbian, Spanish and other languages by Bella Akhmadulina, Desanka Maksimović, Diana Der Hovanessian and others. After Spitak earthquake of 1988 she became the vice-president of "Motherhood" benevolent fund, supported female members of Armenian Army during the Karabakh War, was in battleplaces of Karabakh. Now she is warking on her memoires called "How I saw Artsakh".
She was in close relations with the famous Armenian poets Hovhannes Shiraz and Paruyr Sevak. Dr. Artem Sargsyan called her "one of the most prominent figures of modern Armenian poesia".
She is the mother of Armenian popular poet Lilit.
