Armenian Classics. Yeghishe Charents

Armenian Classics. Yeghishe Charents Yeghishe Charents (March 13, 1897 – November 27, 1937) was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents was an outstanding poet of the twentieth century, touching upon a multitude of topics that ranged from his experiences in the First World War, socialist revolution, and, more prominently, on Armenia and Armenians. He is recognized as "the main poet of the 20th century" in Armenia. An early supporter of communism, Charents joined the Bolshevik party, but as the Stalinist terror began in the 1930s, he gradually grew disillusioned with Stalinism and was executed during the 1930s purges. Author(s) Yeghishe Charents Compiler(s) Nver Virabyan, Lusine Margaryan, Liza Ginosyan Language(s) Armenian Publisher(s) Zangak Year 2008 Pages 14 Binding paperback Size 20 x 28.5 cm ISBN 9994111787