- Hovhannes Shiraz
Hovhannes Shiraz ( _hy. Հովհաննես Շիրազ) (
April 27 ,1915 -March 14 , 1984) was a notable Armenianpoet .He was born Hovhannes (Onik) Karapetyan in the city of
Alexandropol , then part of theRussian Empire (nowGyumri ,Armenia ). His first work called "Beginning of Spring" was published in 1935. NovelistAtrpet gave the talented poet the epithet "Shiraz", because "this youth's poems have the fragrance of roses, fresh and covered with dew, like the roses of Shiraz." Shiraz being one ofIran 's major cities, famous for its roses and poets.Hovhannes Shiraz studied in
Yerevan State University and Moscow Gorky Literary institute. Most of Shiraz's publications were poetry. He is an author of very popular patriotic and love poems included "Ani", "My mother", "May my love remain a secret", "Siamanto and Khjezare", "Expromt", "Like the pagan love", "My holy Homeland", "The fate of Armenians", "To Andranik", etc.He married famous Armenian poetess
Silva Kaputikyan . His son with Kaputikyan,Ara Shiraz , is a sculptor.A street in Julfa of
Isfahan is named after him. In 2005Levon Mkrtchyan released a documentary film tittled "Hovhannes Shiraz: A Documentary".External links
* [http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/literatu/shiraz.html Hovhannes Shiraz]
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