CIVILNET.Through the Times and Tribulations of Charents

Emil Lazarian 2020
CIVILNET.AM

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March 13 marks the birthday of the famous Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents. His life was full of great accomplishments as well as terrible tragedies. Even today, one can see the impact of the  genocide, imprisonment and dictatorship in his works. But it is these works that have made him one of Armenia’s most cherished and compelling poets. 
Mari Sahakyan



Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS