Varand

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Varand (also known as Soukias Hacob Koorkchian, Armenian: Վարանդ Քիւրքչեան, born 1954, Tehran) is an Armenian-Iranian poet, lyricist, writer, translator and painter who has published 24 collections of poetry since 1972.

Varand was honoured as Professor in Armenian Literature by the Grigor Lusavoritch University of Etchmiadzin, Armenia in 2001. He translates both Persian classics as well as modern poetry into the Armenian language.

Varand was the chairman of the Armenian Writers Society of Iran founded in 1961 for over ten years, while recently elected chairman of the board for the organization. He also is the editor in charge of the cultural department at Armenian daily newspaper of “Alik”, an honorary member of the Writers Union of Armenia in Yerevan and the professor of the Armenian literature at Azad University of Foreign Languages in Tehran.


Varand: The Armenian Poet
Varand: The Armenian Poet

[edit] Works

  • The Road of The Sun (1972) Tehran
  • Aggression (1973) Tehran
  • Evolution (1975) Beirut
  • Firewinds (1978) Tehran
  • Opal (1978) Tehran
  • King And The Lion-Killer (1979) Tehran
  • Sidharta (1980) Free Verse Tehran
  • Sword And Shadow (1982) Tehran
  • Bohemian Diary (1988) Tehran
  • Roses of Sin (1989) Tehran
  • Whispers of Beyond (1989) In Persian language Tehran
  • New Age of Nemesis (1993) Yerevan
  • John, Verse 14 (1994) Poems Tehran
  • Mirage (1998) Antelias
  • Leave of No Return (1999) Tehran
  • The Great Torchbearer (2000) Composition Tehran
  • From Bubble To Residue (2000) Selection Tehran
  • Beheading (2003) Yerevan
  • Hot Shadows (2003) Yerevan
  • Autumn in Flight (2004) In Persian language Tehran
  • King And The Lion-Killer (2004) 2nd Edition Antelias
  • Bold (2005) 3 Poem Collection Tehran
  • Tango 21 (2005) Yerevan
  • Mask And Mirror (2007) Tehran

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