Stepan Zoryan
Stepan Zoryan (Armenian: Զորյան (Առաքելյան) Ստեփան Եղիայի, September 15, 1889, Karakilisa - October 14, 1967, Yerevan) was a Soviet Armenian writer.
Biography
Zoryan's works are dedicated to the life of Armenian village, its social problems and sovietisation.
After the October Revolution he published a number of novel collections (War, 1925; Tsovan, 1925; The library girl , 1926; Fire, 1927, etc.).[1]
One of his most notable works is "King Pap" (Pap tagavor) historical novel , published many times and entered to the Armenian school's teaching program.
Born in 1889 , Sept. 15 / 3 /, in Gharakilisa / now Vanadzor /.
- 1896-98 - studied in private school.
- 1904 - graduated from local Russian biannial school.
- 1906 - went to Tibilisi.
- 1909 - in "Luma" magazin was published the story of "Hungry beings".
- 1909-17 - signed by St. Roffor.
- 1909-19 - worked in newspaper "Mshak".
- 1918 - was published the first selection of "The sad people".
- 1919 - moved to Yerevan.
- 1922-25 - worked as chief editor of the Committee of Education of State Publishing Office of ASSR.
- 1926 - worked in "Armenian Cooperation" weekly paper.
- 1930 - worked in "Armenian movie" as a literal adviser.
- 1934 - was elected as a member of USSR writers' Union and the USSR Writers' I forum deputy.
- 1935 - was awarded the medal of "Employment Red Flag".
- 1944 - was published "The king Pap" narration.
- 1945 - was published the selection "Simple Souls" collection.
- 1950 - was elected as an administrative secretary of Armenian Writers' Union.
- 1954, 1959 and 1966 - was elected as a deputy in the USSR Writers' 2nd, third, fourth forums.
- 1959 - was published "Armenian fortress" narration.
- 1962 - was elected as the USSR Leninian State Award Committee member.
- 1965 - was elected as the president of Ministries Council joint literature, art and architecture state awards committee.
- 1965 - was awarded the title of academicien of Armenia's Scientific Academy.
- 1967 - the historical narration "Varazdad" was published.
- 1967 - he died on October 14, and was buired in Yerevan's Park Pantheon named after Komitas.
- 1980 - was defined annual award named after St. Zoryan.
St. Zoryan's pen was fertile, he wrote stories, novels, litro-scientifical articles and memoirs. His compositions were tronslated into 22 languages.
Zoryan Museum
The Stepan Zoryan state museum was opened in 1972, in Kirovakan, (current Vanadzor), at the writer's own house, called by the local inhabitants an "Armenian fortress". It was partially destroyed during the 1988 Spitak earthquake and reopened in 1990.
Filmography
- Stepan Zoryan, 10 min, 1969, black-white doc. film, director S. Arakelian.
References
- ^ Stepan Zoryan, Russian Literary Encyclopedia