CONSTANTINOPLE ARMENIAN GREAT POET ZAHRAD PASSES AWAY

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Feb 21 2007

ISTANBUL, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Constantinople
Armenian great poet Zahrad died at the age of 83, at the midnight
of February 20, in Turkey. Noyan Tapan was informed about it by Ara
Kochunian, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian "Zhamanak" (time)
newspaper published in Istanbul.

Zahrad entered the literary scene starting from 1940s. In literary
critics’ words, a poet with new handwriting was clearly noticed in his
"Big City" collection published in 1960. He on the one hand developed
the social theme, on the other hand, sang a man’s suffering in the
newest period of the Constantinople Armenian literature. The poet’s
"Kind Sky" collection was published in 1971, the "Green Ground" in
1976, and the "Two Springs with One Stone" collection was published
in 1989.

According to characteristics of Levon Ananian, the Chairman of the
Writers’ Union of Armenia, Zahrad is the huge oak tree of the poetry
of Diaspora whose literary heritage had a deep and stable insfluence
on the modern poetry of not only Diaspora but also Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress