Vahé Baladouni, John Gery

Hmayeak Shems (eBook, PDF)

A Poet of Pure Spirit

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Produktbeschreibung

Hmayeak Shems: A Poet of Pure Spirit presents the life and writings of Armenian poet Hmayeak Shems (1896-1952). The Armenian Genocide of 1915 devastated Shems, who lost his family and home. For eight years he wandered in exile, his voice extinguished by anguish. Yet from debilitating isolation, Shems found a lyrical mastery of Armenian identity and modern spirit. Incontrovertibly shaped by his people's tragic history, Shems speaks simply yet profoundly. Illuminated by his poetry, this biography chronicles his travels, encounters, and thought to reveal a more compelling and complete portrait of Shems than previously known. Cover portrait of Hmayeak Shems by Ashot Zorian.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761890935
• Artikelnr.: 75143282

Autorenporträt

Vahé Baladouni has contributed to a number of Middle Eastern Armenian literary periodicals, and translated the poetry and prose of writers such as Shakespeare, Shelley, and Wilde into Armenian in Translations (1973). He compiled and edited Hmayeak Shems: Entir Erker [Hmayeak Shems: Select Works] (1994); translated (with

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Photographs
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Reference Key
Chapter 5 A Chronology of Hmayeak Shems
Chapter 6 A Diasporan Journey: Cities Where Shems Visited and Lived
Chapter 7 Part I Student, Rebel, and Wandering Dervish: From Trabzon to the
Caucasus and the Balkans
Chapter 8 Part II Poet, Scholar, Orator, and Teacher: Alexandria
Chapter 9 Appendix A "A Portrait of Hmayeak Shems" by Gurgen Mkhit'arian
Chapter 10 Appendix B "The Hmayeak Shems I Knew" by Step'an Shahpaz
Chapter 11 Appendix C An Undated Draft Letter to Levon Hovhannesian Written
by Hmayeak Shems
Chapter 12 Notes
Chapter 13 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 14 Selected Bibliography
Chapter 15 Index