Your favorite Armenian Poet

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Mine are:

Rapheal Patkanian, Siamanto, Bedros Tourian, and Saiet Nova - but I prefer to read more Avedik Isahakian when it comes to writing about Armenian women - since thats what they mainly wrote about. I just dont like the "Romantic" approach Saiet takes in 80% of his work.

Yours?

[One-Way]

Re: Your favorite Armenian Poet

Myself.

"I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare."

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Thats dandy.

[TomServo]

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They're all so wonderfully depressing. Especially Bedros Tourian, Yeghia Demircibasyan, and all the other ailing writers of the time.

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We didn't really have much to be happy about. Don't you know the Armenian mans plight you fool?

The Armenian Story ends in a tragedy.

[TomServo]

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We didn't really have much to be happy about. Don't you know the Armenian mans plight you fool?

The Armenian Story ends in a tragedy.

I didn't say they were depressing in a bad way.

Perhaps if you'd read some more Armenian literature, instead of making numerous condescending posts, you'd see that there were many Armenians who were well off in Ottoman Constantinople.

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I didn't say they were depressing in a bad way.

Perhaps if you'd read some more Armenian literature, instead of making numerous condescending posts, you'd see that there were many Armenians who were well off in Ottoman Constantinople.

Actually, the majority of Armenians were of the "educated and skilled" class. Most were "well off." Whats your point?

I don't know, nor have heard of, ONE SINGLE Armenian poet from the 1890's to the 1930's, that has written about how wonderful the situation the Armenian people were in was.

Enlighten me?

[Siamanto]

Re: Your favorite Armenian Poet

I have read Armenian poets or writers at an age when I could not appreciate their literary merit or value. Also, unfortunately, my knowledge of the Armenian Literature is at best poor, not to say mediocre.
In other words, I can't - with all honesty - pretend to have a list of favorite Armenian poets. However, I can talk about Armenian poets who have left an impression on me.
Siamanto is obviously one of them, Silva Gaboudikian the other one.

P.S. ace, thank you for creating the thread. A more general purpose thread, such as "Armenian Literary Cafe" seems to be missing. Do you want to create it?

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Re: Your favorite Armenian Poet

I have read Armenian poets or writers at an age when I could not appreciate their literary merit or value. Also, unfortunately, my knowledge of the Armenian Literature is at best poor, not to say mediocre.
In other words, I can't - with all honesty - pretend to have a list of favorite Armenian poets. However, I can talk about Armenian poets who have left an impression on me.
Siamanto is obviously one of them, Silva Gaboudikian the other one.

P.S. ace, thank you for creating the thread. A more general purpose thread, such as "Armenian Literary Cafe" seems to be missing. Do you want to create it?

I actually like that idea. I'm down.

[TomServo]

Re: Your favorite Armenian Poet

Actually, the majority of Armenians were of the "educated and skilled" class. Most were "well off." Whats your point?

I don't know, nor have heard of, ONE SINGLE Armenian poet from the 1890's to the 1930's, that has written about how wonderful the situation the Armenian people were in was.

Enlighten me?

I didn't say they were well off in the Ottoman Empire, I said they were well off in Ottoman Constantinople. I guess you think being "educated and skilled" isn't well off?

There were Armenians who weren't well off in the capital, like in that one short story about a shrimp seller, but there was an Armenian upper class.