Tag Archives: Armenia

“Seven Songs” is a Symphony

Posted on February 23, 2020 by

“To know wisdom and gain instruction; to discern the words of understanding.” It is said that these were the first words written by Mesrop Mashtots after inventing the thirty-six character Armenian alphabet. Though written 1600 years ago, Mashtots might very … Continue reading →

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For Want of Those Who Would Care

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

“A poet’s real biography is the biography of his inner self, the history of his spiritual life, inseparable from the life and history of his people (…) The sense of civic duty in poetry is nothing abstract, nor dependent on … Continue reading →

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“Hovannes Toumanian: Selected Works”

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

There are few writers who are at once extraordinarily powerful and yet somehow also not well known beyond the scope of a few wise readers. Hovannes Toumanian is among these. A poet born more than 150 years ago, living in … Continue reading →

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