| Paruyr Sevak | |
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| Born | January 26, 1924 Chanakhchi, Soviet Armenia |
| Died | June 17, 1971 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Period | 1940s-1970s |
| Subjects | Armenians, Armenian Genocide |
| Spouse(s) | Maya Avagyan, Nelly Menagharishvili (Georgian) |
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Paruyr Rafaeli Ghazaryan, better known as Paruyr Sevak (in Armenian: Պարույր Սևակ (Ղազարյան); January 26, 1924 - June 17, 1971) was an Armenian poet and literary critic. He is considered one of the greatest Armenian poets of the 20th century.[1]
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Sevak was born in Chanakhchi (now Zangakatun) village, Soviet Armenia to Rafael and Anahit Soghomonyan. He studied at Yerevan State University and Gorky Institute of World Literature in Moscow. A doctor of philology, Sevak was one of the senior researchers of the Manuk Abeghyan Yerevan Institute of Literature.
Sevak's poem The Unsilenceable Belfry is dedicated to Armenian composer Komitas Vardapet and to the remembrance of the Armenian genocide.
Sevak died on June 17, 1971 in a car crash while on a drive back to Yerevan. In previous years, he had voiced his criticism of the corruption of the Soviet establishment and for this, many Armenians believe, he was murdered by the Soviet KGB.[2] His wife, Nelly Menagharishvili, also died in the car crash. He was buried in the backyard of his home, in Zangakatun, which later became a museum.[3] Yerevan 123 school is named after Parouyr Sevak [4]