Nairi Zarian

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Nairi Zarian (real name - Hayastan Yeghiazarian, Armenian: Նաիրի Զարյան, December 31, 1900, Kharakonis, near Van, Ottoman Empire - 1969, Yerevan) was a Soviet Armenian poet and writer, the chairman of Armenian SSR Committee for the Defense of Peace.

A survivor of the Armenian Genocide, in 1915 he moved to Russia.^[1] He finished Yerevan State University. In "Rock of Rushan" poem (1930) he showed "the socialistic resistance of Armenian village". His "Hatsavan" novel (1937—47) is dedicated to the process of collectivisation. During World War II Zarian published a large number of poems and notes, in 1943 finished his "The voice of Homeland" poem. In 1946 his "Ara Geghetsik" historical tragedy was published. Being a supporter of stalinism, anyways he was arrested and after the death of Stalin changed some of his views.

External links

Zarian in Armeniapedia

References

↑ Zarian in Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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Name	Zarian, Nairi
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Short description	Armenian poet
Date of birth	1900
Place of birth
Date of death	1969
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