The Aghassi of our times
By Hovhannes Yeranian
Yerki/arm
March 04, 2005
On March 1, in the Writers Union in an atmosphere of concealed
emotions and speechless admiration, the 50th birthday of Samvel
Shahmuradian was celebrated.
Shahmuradian was a member of the Writers Union, a Supreme Council
deputy, writer, journalist and publicist who went to the war and was
martyred. The school on Tsarav Aghbyur street that has been renamed
after Samvel Shahmuradian serves as the house-museum of the
writerâ~@~Ys literary and military biography.
On the same day Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys collection of articles titled Our
Sweet Land was presented to the public. Editor of the collection
Grigor Janikian called the author â~@~a soldier of his
homelandâ~@~]. â~@~What remains is the land and the people who live
on that land,â~@~] Shahmuradian once wrote.
This is why president of the Writers Union Levon Ananian called the
Homeland as the best place for commemoration of the writer. Alice
Hovhannissian called the collection of articles â~@~a book of
soldier ascetismâ~@~]. â~@~We would like to see the
soldier-writerâ~@~Ys frontline chronicles published,â~@~]
Hovhannissian added.
Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys unpublished diaries are currently being edited for
publication. Publicist Margo Ghukassian emphasized the modern
resonance of Samvel Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys articles. â~@~Whatever he
wrote, he wrote it for the modern timesâ~@~].
Academic Vladimir Barkhudarian described the writerâ~@~Ys life as a
brilliant example of healthy attitude towards the dictate of the
homeland. He should have been the hero of our times, and he will be
the hero, and the writerâ~@~Ys colleagues and critics agreed in this.
And this is why the patriot writer was called Aghassi of our times.
Theater critic Khachatur Avagian and writer Hrachya Matevossian
emphasized the importance of naming one of the streets in Yerevan
after Samvel Shahmuradian. Alice Hovhannissian noted that
Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys biography should be included in the literature
textbooks studied at schools as an example of unconditional devotion
to the homeland to be transferred to the next generations.
The commitment to remember the writer and soldier born on the first
day of spring, to tell about him and emphasize the importance of the
heritage he left unified many people that attended the celebration
and all of them wanted to share words of consolation and
glorification with Shahmuradianâ~@~Ys mother, his wife and children.
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