Misak Metsarents or Medzarents ( hy, Միսաք Մեծարենց; 18 January 1886 – 5 July 1908) was a leading

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based ...

neo-romantic poet.

Biography

Misak Metsarents was born Misak Metsadourian in the village of Pingian, near Agn in the Vilayet of Kharpert. In 1886, he moved with his family to Sepastia, where he attended the Aramian School. Until 1902, he attended the Anatolia Boarding School in Marzvan, which was run by American missionaries. From 1902 to 1905, he attended the

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Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

. However, tuberculosis forced him to leave his education, and he later died from the ailment July 5, 1908, at the age of 22.

Poetry

Metsarents began writing in 1901, with his first verses published in 1903. He also collaborated with many Western Armenian publications such as “Masis”, “Hanragitak”, “Eastern Press”, “Light”, “Courier”, “Manzumei Efkiar”, “Buzandion”. Much of his poetry discussed the despair of his inevitable mortality.

Legacy

The poet enriched Armenian poetry with his lyrical and genuine masterpieces, although Metsarents only managed to publish two volumes of poetry in his lifetime: “Dziadzan” (Rainbow) (1907) and “Nor dagher” (1907). He was commemorated in 2012 by his portrait appearing on an Armenian postal stamp.

References

External links

Armsoul.com - Միսաք Մեծարենց

METZARENTS THE MOVIE - a film about Misak Metsarents
1886 births 1908 deaths Armenian male poets Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis 20th-century Armenian poets 20th-century male writers Tuberculosis deaths in the Ottoman Empire Tuberculosis deaths in Turkey {{Armenia-poet-stub